• @Kyrgizion
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    4110 hours 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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      2410 hours 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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        49 hours ago

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

      • @RageAgainstTheRich
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        16 hours 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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          25 hours 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

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        17 hours ago

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

    • slazer2au
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      1410 hours ago

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

      • @acosmichippo
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        79 hours ago

        exactly they are already doing it.

  • @[email protected]
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    2111 hours 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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      16 hours ago

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

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      110 hours ago

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

      • @PoopingCough
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        08 hours 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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            17 hours ago

            That headline would have been rejected decades ago.

          • @PoopingCough
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            -18 hours ago

            K. Nor do industry traditions invalidate my opinion.

  • @notaviking
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    16 hours 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.