• @Kyrgizion
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    672 months ago

    Tencent will grow to become the anti-Steam, mark my words. They already have their grubby mitts all over devs worldwide, and every single one will live to regret it (or their players, at the very least).

    • @[email protected]
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      382 months ago

      Not just games, movies too. And anything that gets Tencent money ends up with subtle pro-China propaganda.

      • thermal_shock
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        92 months ago

        they own WeChat too, China’s biggest chat app, also used for bill payment and government tracking.

      • @RageAgainstTheRich
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        42 months ago

        I’m not saying there isn’t, but do you have some examples of pro china propaganda in games and movies? I heard something about the live-action mulan movie being filmed in xinyang, but besides that i haven’t personally noticed anything.

        • @[email protected]
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          92 months ago

          It’s more about the scripts being given a passover of approval from the CCP. Want your movie in China? Usually, there’s some adaptation for the region, no big deal. However, I remember articles coming out about how the movie adaptation may not be accepted if the U.S. version doesn’t fit the standard, meaning the U.S. version would have changes made at the suggestion of the CCP.

          Sorry for the NYT link, but it has some examples

          • @RageAgainstTheRich
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            22 months ago

            Oh thankyou! Yeah that does make sense. That is pretty messed up.

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        22 months ago

        I haven’t played in a few years, have they done any of that in EvE Online?

    • slazer2au
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      182 months ago

      You say that like they don’t own a sizeable chunk of Epic.

      • @acosmichippo
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        122 months ago

        exactly they are already doing it.

    • @CosmoNova
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      32 months ago

      It’s okay. The Fediverse assured me again and again it won’t matter how much Tencent owns of your company so as long as you “don’t think about them (Tencent)”. Whatever that means.

  • @[email protected]
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    332 months ago

    Not only is that headline’s grammar exceptional(ly bad), for a moment I thought the developer of Control was named Alan Wake. Like, how did they manage to butcher that so badly?

    • @thisisdee
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      If that’s what they meant, there would have been a comma after “Control developer” I believe.

      • P03 Locke
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        22 months ago

        This is not the place for commas. This calls for a slash.

        Alan Wake / Control developer agrees

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      42 months ago

      No, it doesn’t say “Control developer Alan Wake …”

      • @PoopingCough
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        42 months ago

        News headlines aren’t limited by space on physical paper anymore. If your headline is confusing because of traditions based on outdated limitations it’s not a good headline imo.

          • @Tuuli
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            42 months ago

            That headline would have been rejected decades ago.

          • @PoopingCough
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            12 months ago

            K. Nor do industry traditions invalidate my opinion.

  • @notaviking
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    62 months ago

    Yeah I feel there is a weird history between steam and remedy media. Like I remember when you could one day buy Alan Wake like really cheap since it was being taken off steam. Then the Epic deal making Alan Wake 2 exclusive basically meant they excluded a lot of customers immediately on steam.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      I know a guy who’s been working there for well over a decade, I wonder if he’s got any insights on this weird behavior they’ve been doing. He’s got no power over financial decisions, so it’s not likely he’s got any details.

      • @notaviking
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        22 months ago

        I understand that Epic funded their project to be an Epic exclusive, but was that a financially sound decision excluding the major market place. Could they not have worked in like a two year or three year exclusive period

        • @SwordInStone
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          22 months ago

          and who exactly have they excluded? aside from the steam deck users every steam user can easily use epic game store

          • @batmaniam
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            22 months ago

            People who don’t want to use the epic store. That was me. I just don’t want another launcher, another account. I’ll get around to it at some point I’m sure but I didn’t buy AW2 and probably would have if it wasn’t an exclusive.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            Me? Granted I get all their games for free (thanks dude!), but I definitely won’t use Epic store. Would have gotten it for free if I used it, though.

  • @[email protected]
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    32 months ago

    If they need money honestly Tencent is better than a lot of the alternatives who might be willing to invest.