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When a Season Pass DLC is in pre-purchase mode, you are not required to release at least one DLC in the Season Pass at the time it goes on sale (as you are usually required to do when you launch a Season Pass). However, when the game launches, you will need to release the Season Pass out of pre-purchase–this will entail releasing at least one of the DLCs included in the Season Pass.

I’m not sure I like this part specifically.

This will essentially enforce day-1 DLC. Will it be enough for that DLC to be a simple cosmetic bundle with larger expansions to follow later?
But if a simple cosmetic bundle is enough to count as the included DLC, it kinda defeats the whole point. And, in turn, it might encourage developers to include very basic DLC where they might have wanted to release a series of proper expansions.

The rest sounds great though, with partial and complete refunds for unmet promises.

With CrunchyRoll’s acquisition Sony basically monopolized anime streaming in the west. This would only add to that

Disappointing sales, I guess, but a single player/co-op game doesn’t need the same playerbase as a hero shooter

Vivaldi is my backup browser, but I don’t want to contribute to Chromium’s market share so Firefox it is 99% of the time.

I’unno, read the article.

I’m not a fan. I prefer watching in theatre mode; when opening comments it closes theatre mode.

Depending on your definition “pay to skip” = “pay to win”.

Nokia doesn’t make smartphones either, they licensed their brand name to HMD Global.

(In case you might find that curious)

I hear they even tried making him relatable to G*mers

Impossible; he fucked in the show.

For all its flaws, Halo 4 did have some intrigue. Which they then completely abandoned for Halo 5’s story. Which they then, again, completely abandoned for Infinite. It’s just like the sequel trilogy!

It’s such a mess.

While I, to some extent, agree with you; it is predatory behaviour by those companies and I don’t like it.
And some people are weak to such practices. Customers have to be protected from themselves to some extent, as has been shown in other industries.

Right?

Companies would never employ predatory behaviour to prey on customers, and have never had to be regulated before. It really is the customer’s fault for engaging.

Ya think?

Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/microsoft-is-scanning-the-inside-of-password-protected-zip-files-for-malware/

There are probably more secure methods than a password protected zip file, but just so you know.

On Steam. PlayStation may have more, but who’s to say

The advertiser’s don’t place the ads themselves. They say where and when they are placed, but the actual placing/integration is done by the likes of Google, Facebook, and, in this case, Mozilla.

That’s the “third party” that’s doing the tracking.

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Yeah, I figured to look right after i made the comment, which is why I deleted it again. But I guess that didn’t come through for you

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Or Firefox with add-ons (on Android) instead of the browser from some crypto bro

Try rubbing the base segment of your index finger with your thumb for any length of time, it quickly becomes unpleasant.