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Sunflowers are awesome. They’re my favourite flower, even have one tattooed

My condolences 💜

It’s different but it’s a change for the better I feel like. ME1 felt janky in comparison. ME2’s combat is the best in the series, imo

Depends on your willingness to pay. Balatro, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells are all really good but cost around 10 bucks each but are among the best mobile games you could want, all offering different styles of gameplay

So how long is it gonna take for its pictures to be as sharp as the pictures we currently can take of distant star systems?

That’s not how that works. If enough people boycott a service and show their displeasure, companies have to change something depending on how many people participate. It’s the same thing when it comes to climate change, veganism, whatever. Every bit counts and subtracting oneself from all responsibility with this mentality is a little naive, imho.

You’re bound to have a different experience as an employee, though. Can’t comment on that. However, things would very likely change for the better, even for you, if Amazon’s shady business practises were shunned even more than they already are. It’s insane how much of their wrongdoings have been exposed over the past years and how little people actually care

Depends on what I need. Here in Germany, we have a bunch of electronics stores where you can get the same products for pretty much the same prices. Apart from that, I order from manufacturers’ websites directly, buy second-hand and refurbished, local stores if needed

I wonder how many people on here still use Amazon

There’s a lot you can nitpick about the reboot but for its time, it was a phenomenal game. Had a lot of fun with it

Super spannender Exkurs - vielen Dank für den Aufwand :)

Schönen Samstag wünsche ich dir noch!

Ich hab gar kein Konzept von DM. Waren das ok-e Preise?

It really makes you feel like you’ve paid 400$ for Darth Vader

My best friend who claims that working part-time is worth less than working full-time because my contribution to society isn’t big enough. Do I not want to have more money to spend on vacations? Sense of pride and accomplishment?

Right, that was a thing too

Yea that’s a valid point. Not really sure where to draw the line

Well yea, it’s another motivator for people to actively go against the Russian government in one way or another. The more discontent people are with the situation that’s been ongoing for 2+ years, the more likely something’s to happen, I’d wager

This debate had been brought up back when Atomic Heart was bound to be released. Many people argued back then that it’s fine buying the game since the dev team had completely relocated to Cyprus (very popular country for Russians to move to next to Kazakhstan and numerous European countries), thus not funding the Russian government through taxes.

However, given that the dev team still lives in Russia this time, there’s not much to debate. The figures the author mentions check out and there’s no other way to put it, really, that gamers are, in part at least, funding Russia.

Sure, the company might have opposing views to Russia, but firstly, they haven’t moved to a different country, which is at least a little concerning, and secondly, are a legal entity in Russia, so they pay them regardless of motivation.

Title is very accurate. Awesome pic

I mean, it depends. PS5 Pro is an enthusiasts console that, compared to regular PS5 and Slim, won’t be selling as much. Playing the devil’s advocate, you could argue that the higher price point is then warranted since they won’t be selling as many units (99% sure they just made it more expensive because they can but whatever).

In the past, their consoles were sold at a loss, at a lower price point, which they could justify by profiting in other areas of their business, such as games and accessories. Sony could, theoretically, do this to PS6 too to ensure that not too many people are priced out of having a console and retain their status of loyal-ish customers.

Wishful thinking on my part for sure but not too unrealistic when you think about it.

If you put it that way

The value proposition is just heavily skewed towards video games. Some games cost less than a single visit to the cinema and provide heaps more entertainment. Sure, it’s different entertainment and the social aspect of going to the cinema is a factor too, but I’m not much into cinemas myself, so I know where my money goes.