Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Right before E3 kicked into high gear Valve announced a new policy where they would no longer block content on the Steam store as long as it wasn’t “things that we decide are illegal, or straight up trolling.” This policy was in direct response to the company’s inconsistent track-record with attempting to police the storefront from content that was deemed in bad taste, was pornographic or just simply of extremely low quality. While some will view this policy as a victory for those who want a simple platform to publish their games to and for those titles to be as accessible as possible to everyone I do feel like Valve has a responsibility to protect its users and that this new policy goes directly against that."
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
PSLS writes: I have traveled across the country using the Razer Kishi Ultra in airports and hotels for both PlayStation Remote Play and mobile gaming in general, and I am thoroughly impressed.
A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
" I do feel like Valve has a responsibility to protect its users and that this new policy goes directly against that."
No, I have the responsibility to protect myself. There are user ratings for assessing quality. I don't need Steam or you to protect me or tell me what I should buy. I have zero interest in the weird, kinky stuff anyway, but I have even less interest in anyone else deciding to restrict what I can buy to "protect" me from making my own choices for myself.
"On top of that I 100% agree that the consumer has a right to decide what is, and isn’t appropriate for them..."
You can't pretend to have conflicting views. You're against "anything goes" and think Steam needs to "protect its users." That is not compatible with letting the consumer decide.
No, be an adult, decide what you want for yourself. If you have kids, then try some actual parenting. No need to curate for quality, because they already have a ratings system, so let's not pretend this has anything to do with quality. Boggles my mind when people call for censorship.
The Thought Police's "Anything goes so long as we agree with it" is TERRIBLE
Went on reddit yesterday on a thread about article 13 and got PTSD by the massive support of speech police I saw on there. They justified their position by saying free speech is Nazi propaganda.
No doubt. If the trash doesn't get taken out, it festers and ruins your house. Trash can't help being what it is. I don't blame it. I don't judge it harshly, or feel guilty about discriminating against it. I just take it out.