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Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Post by throwaway3699 »

maroonblazer wrote: post #79
neixidbeksoxyd wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There’s VR, but I believe there will be a new category introduced within the next five years that will change the gaming landscape. I have been dreaming of better interfaces (controllers) for games for decades. The Wii, despite it's limited power, was a huge leap forward in how we played games. Unfortunately Nintendo is the only gaming company taking risks while Microsoft and Sony keep doubling down on graphics wit…

Keep in mind that 1/3 of the population suffer from motion sickness, so for them (I'm in this group) VR isn't an option for the most part. Of course if this is a solvable problem - those who otherwise suffer from motion sickness are symptom-free in any VR application - then I agree VR could have a bright future.

With modern VR techniques (teleportation) and hardware (Vive/Rift hardware or later), this is no longer a problem.

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Post by PenguinCoder »

martco wrote: post #123
ArtWomb wrote: post #80

Ghosts of Tsushima may be the best Playstation game I have played EVER. It's a testament to how late in the console release cycle, developers are just now mastering internals. It's the ideal video game: open world, 13-century feudal Japan, Age of the Samurai. High contrast "Kurosawa" mode, 4K HDR is cinematically photoreal. I really hope it remains a Major IP for many years to come ;) https://blog.selfshadow.com/publ…

I played it after Last of Us 2 and it just doesn't compare, especially in terms of mechanics and visuals. If there's one last game to play on PS4 it's Last of Us 2.

Really? I played both, and while I was a HUGE Last Of Us fan (multiple play throughs) I enjoyedd, and recommend Horizon Zero Dawn much more that LoU2.

HZD is a compelling, interesting, and challenging game.

Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Post by seekinggamer »

There is always this disconnect when I read stuff like this

3 billion people is 30% or of 3 people. Ok, we go on OkCupid, we find the question "Do you enjoy playing video games" and we set that as a criteria for matches. Your matches will drop to > 1% of the population, at least as a male looking for female.

Checking another dating site that has things people like. The site claims 10 million users, only 200k have selected "like games" or 2%, vastly different than the article's claimed 30%

I get some of the reasons for the difference like not considering yourself a gamer yet plays Covet Fashion an hour a day.

Still, in daily life the number of people I meet who would claim to like games in any form doesn't match that 30% number.

Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Post by Godel_unicode »

axaxs wrote: post #120
Godel_unicode wrote: post #69

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There's a serious rumor that this is what actually killed rocket league on Linux. Why maintain a fork if proton is better anyway?

Proton is good, but in no measure 'better'. Linux isn't as unstable as everyone makes it out to be. Quite the opposite. Proton still has to work on linux, afterall. If Linux support bitrots quickly, then so does everyone dependent on proton.

Better controller support, especially vibration, and higher frame rates count as measures in my book. Have you tried it?

Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Post by User23 »

fartcannon wrote: post #140
the_duke wrote: post #134

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No. Most people just play Witcher 3 and never touch 1 and 2. You can pick up the story just fine, and 1+2 aren't remotely close wrt quality.

I'd say Witcher 2 is at least close, just smaller and less refined. The potion system is significantly more interesting in my opinion. That said, 3 is a masterpiece.

Even the original Witcher game is solid and has some interesting systems for its time. I wouldn't recommend it though to anyone who doesn't have an absurd amount of free time, or a real passion for the characters. It's been really neat watching CD Projekt step up their game, as it were, over the years.

Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Post by axaxs »

Godel_unicode wrote: post #145
axaxs wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Proton is good, but in no measure 'better'. Linux isn't as unstable as everyone makes it out to be. Quite the opposite. Proton still has to work on linux, afterall. If Linux support bitrots quickly, then so does everyone dependent on proton.

Better controller support, especially vibration, and higher frame rates count as measures in my book. Have you tried it?

Yes absolutely. Proton is a great product. But underneath, it's still Linux. So saying 'Linux support is terrible, Proton is better' makes absolutely zero sense.

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Post by Buttons840 »

alexashka wrote: post #88

The bit many people are not realizing is that e-sports will overtake current sports within the next few decades. For now, e-sports is at that sweet spot of good production value and a reasonable amount of advertising. I predict we'll be back to sitting through 3-5 minutes of commercials for every 15 minutes of gameplay within the next decade as advertisers realize how willing gamers are to spend money on virtual stuf…

There will be too much competition from "casts". While the top 1% can be seen between commercials, the top 5% are cast on Twitch, commercial free, by a sole caster surviving on Twitch and Patreon. The level of competition will be very similar, possibly with more variety in the top 5%.

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Post by [deleted] »

beering wrote: post #50
brundolf wrote: post #39

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Beyond that, most game devs today use established engines like Unity or Unreal, which typically have one-click build buttons for all major platforms. The level of abstraction has been raised, which affects not only game logic but even things like graphics APIs (DirectX vs Vulkan vs Metal) and packaging (installer, icons, etc). The bar has never been lower to throw in Linux support, even if you don't expect a huge mar…

I've seen it argued that releasing a Linux version (even using Unity/Unreal) is worse than releasing a Windows version that runs on Proton, because the Windows API is stabler and the Linux version will inevitably bitrot without continual updates.

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Re: Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

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Post by JauntyHatAngle »

martco wrote: post #123
ArtWomb wrote: post #80

Ghosts of Tsushima may be the best Playstation game I have played EVER. It's a testament to how late in the console release cycle, developers are just now mastering internals. It's the ideal video game: open world, 13-century feudal Japan, Age of the Samurai. High contrast "Kurosawa" mode, 4K HDR is cinematically photoreal. I really hope it remains a Major IP for many years to come ;) https://blog.selfshadow.com/publ…

I played it after Last of Us 2 and it just doesn't compare, especially in terms of mechanics and visuals. If there's one last game to play on PS4 it's Last of Us 2.

Really personal opinion that one I feel. Last of us 2 is quite a different game with very different feel and gameplay.
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