"There's a protected class of users that post a lot and will drown out all dissent. Any form of arguing with them always leads to a ban. --Skyrim, Verified GameDev"
GamingThreadThe FTC could approve the Microsoft Activision merger next month
ReasonUser banned (Permanent): Console warring, metacommentary, very long history of infractions
What a stark contrast in tone between this thread and the bungie thread. Someone even got warned for a type of post in here that made up the majority of the other thread. I was curious if Era would keep that same energy.
interested to see if the no exclusives talk was true or not
GamingThreadDo you think Stray would have been that popular if instead of a cat it would be a generic robot?
ReasonUser Banned (2 Weeks): Sexist Rhetoric; History of Inflammatory Generalization
No chance. It's hugely popular among women strictly because of the kitty cuteness. Take that away and it really is just a generic exploration (walking simulator) game.
GamingThreadPS5 Has Shipped 21.7 Million Units as of June 2022 as PlayStation’s Profit Drops 37% Year-on-Year
ReasonUser banned (permanent): Troll account
Yeah this is a pretty bad hit. Microsoft gaming had some declines but they were nowhere as bad as this.
It's interesting to me, how the PS 1st party games seem to be underperforming. Not sure why that is happening, are these IP's not as interesting to audiences as they used to? Weird phenomenon
A new IP from one of the most prominent studios in the industry coming off two game of the years on their last 2 releases, in my favorite genre.
Yeah im fuckin excited.
If you aren't hyped at all, like zero, you either don't like rpgs, don't like any rpg that isn't Japanese, or are a really salty playstation player who doesn't have/refuses access too any part of the pc/xbox platform.
GamingThreadXbox Game Studios & Bethesda Softworks | OTXX | Grounded until 2023
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Platform Warring; Meta Commentary; Cross Thread Drama; Account in Junior Phase
Just woke up, saw the PS fiscal report and yikes bro. Love seeing the egg on people’s faces after Xbox’s fiscal report. Xbox got off light compared to PS and they didn’t even release any games
ReasonUser Banned (3 Months): Dismissing racism, account in junior phase
I have fond memories of listening to the trash talk between players. It made some of those games so much more enjoyable. I still remember playing Resistance: Fall of Man and I distinctly remember some dude calling another dude an "African Jungle Bunny." To this day, one of the funniest and most random insults I've heard.
GamingThread[Bloomberg] Grand Theft Auto VI Will Have Female Main Character for First Time In Series' History [Latina Protag, Set in Vice City, scheduled FY2024]
ReasonUser banned (permanent): Sexist commentary over multiple posts. Prior severe ban for white fragility and dismissing racism concerns.
There are too many people quoting my post which is not surprising. But I won't engage in any conversation that is denying choice. So your opinions are right and this female protagonist needs to he forced to fit your opinion ?
Have a female
Have a male
Have Trans
Have non binary
No one is above anyone else. So there is no need to rejoice or discourage based on who is in the game. Having a choice is not being against another. In this age of cancel culture the only thing that needs to be taught is respect and acceptance of others regardless of anything.
But that does not mean you need to change someone's opinion.
The biggest progress in this is choice. Allow people to choose.
I get it I will be picked apart yet again, but thay is simply because of a difference of opinions. I still respect and accept yours and others, respect mine.
GamingThread[Bloomberg] Grand Theft Auto VI Will Have Female Main Character for First Time In Series' History [Latina Protag, Set in Vice City, scheduled FY2024]
GamingThread[Bloomberg] Grand Theft Auto VI Will Have Female Main Character for First Time In Series' History [Latina Protag, Set in Vice City, scheduled FY2024]
ReasonUser banned (permanent): Sexism. Account in junior phase.
I hate female protagonists, I can't relate to them.
GamingThreadAlmost 4 Years After Launch Did Epic Store Achieved Any of Their Goals?
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Platform Warring; Trolling over a Series of Posts; History of the Same
Controversial post that last one Didn’t think it would be quite that triggering. People are so passionate about this topic, I’ve learned.
Is there some summary of why people hate Epic with such a strong passion, to the point of calling them evil and “bad for the industry”? Is it the “we send data to China” thing? Is it really just the lack of features? Lack of features in a product that you don’t use seems like a super weird thing to get passionately angry about. Is it that they pay developers a larger cut of revenue? Is that bad? Is it the money hatting of exclusives?
Googling this topic does not enlighten me…it’s just people complaining about random features not being in the app, as if Epic is obligated to have certain features.
Nothing in Q4, but Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 in Q2, both of which are live service games (the biggest source of income in the industry now) and should have continued to contribute strongly just 3 to 6 months later.
And any investor who doesn't think the division will struggle with growth going forward would literally have to ignore what Microsoft itself said. Amy Hood said the Gaming division would have another year-on-year decline in the next quarter.
Anywho, I am now keeping my promise and leaving this thread, as, just as I predicted, it's just Xbox fans screaming "LOL LOL XBOX IS BETTER THAN EVER" while I quote actual facts from the earnings report.
GamingThread[Bloomberg] Grand Theft Auto VI Will Have Female Main Character for First Time In Series' History [Latina Protag, Set in Vice City, scheduled FY2024]
Red Text Both GTA Threads will be open as there's enough news here worth two separate threads and the contents they focus on
Gaming Division still bleeding off the asshole. All those Series S sales don't bring enough money in to avoid decline in hardware revenue? And $1 subs don't bring in nothing either...yikes. Dreadful months ahead.
So you think XB3 is going to be just as Otaku bait as XB2? Because of a scene that shows up at the very end of the game that only lasts for 2-3 seconds?
I only lurk here but the spoiler pic is only in one part of the ending and has no bearing to the story. As much as how weird it is I dont think it's enough to ruin the game
GamingThreadXenoblade Chronicles 3 releases July 29th
ReasonUser Banned (3 Days): Accusations of piracy
This is why no one should pirate switch games to start with. Specially on steamdeck. I mean its a know issue that XC3 is blurry on the yueu emulator compared to the actual game. Even simple games like live a live work like garbage on the steamdeck.
GamingThreadAlmost 4 Years After Launch Did Epic Store Achieved Any of Their Goals?
ReasonUser banned (1 month): Hostility
You dumbass ca. Laugh at whatever you want my nigga....that's not what i was saying. I was talking about companies who can afford like they already do foo
GamingThreadWhy women criticise sexualised character designs | OT3 | "Her ass is part of her character."
ReasonUser banned (3 weeks): inappropriate comparisons, please stop comparing everything to slavery and the struggle of black people in America
Y'all... Xenoblade 2 is literally a "what if your slave master was a nice person" plot. Wish fulfillment is right.
Xenoblade 2 is cursed lol. Happy calling it my least favourite in the series. Hope the shenanigans in 3 (and its cast) don't go that stupid.
ReasonUser banned (1 month): dismissive commentary over a series of posts
Well Gee I'm sure glad that people have been talking about spoilers about Xenoblade Chronicles 3! I'm sure that people haven't fixating on one minor irrelevant thing the entire time...... oh wait
GamingThread[The Verge] Elden Ring's character creator fails Black players
ReasonUser Banned (6 Weeks): Tone policing and inappropriate commentary in a sensitive thread. Numerous prior bans.
I may not agree with them, but this is frankly uncalled for. I don't know what's up with Era shitting on devs, but it would be nice if any of us posting here got even an ounce of that respect and support you demand from corporations.
GamingThread[Linus Tech Tips] Hi Nintendo ;) (Playing Switch games on the Steam Deck)
ReasonUser Warned: Conflating Emulation with Piracy
Do people really believe that? That most people are honest and only use the legal route of owning the games and just using emulation as backup and stuff like that? Sounds real naive to me. Never understood that reasoning. It always end up as 99% of people using ot for piracy and 1% doing it the legal way.
GamingThread[Linus Tech Tips] Hi Nintendo ;) (Playing Switch games on the Steam Deck)
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Conflating emulation with piracy, mod-whining. Previously banned for the same behavior.
I asked the mods once what ERAs stance was on basically advertising this stuff after a heated thread where people were literally talking/celebrating about playing a leaked game a week from release, and they basically gave me a non answer. The assumption is everyone talking about it is 100% honest about ripping their own carts, which is laughable obviously but what are they going to do, ask people to post pictures of them next to their games? Just keep that in mind if you enageg in these threads, because switch emulation era is quick on using the report function, and because of the mod stance, you will get warnings until the ban comes.
GamingThreadPotential leaked screenshots of Fire Emblem 18
ReasonUser banned (duration pending admin review): Dismissing concerns around sexualization and representation over multiple posts. Constant community metacommentary.
There are certain IPs that cannot be discussed in Resetera and you simply have to accept it. It's always the same conversation with the same arguments by the same people.
GamingThreadXenoblade Chronicles 3 releases July 29th
ReasonUser Banned (2 Weeks) - Advocating Piracy
eh, i don't have the game yet, but i will next week, doesn't really stop me from trying the game out, but yeah as pointed out earlier, my pics were blurrier because of the X2 resolution weirdly enough ! At the very least it's on par with what xenoblade 2 gave us, not great but i can live with it
That the mere concept of it is what gets people rilled up instead of anything to do with the game is pretty tiresome. I'd go to Bayonetta threads from that period of time where she was the symbol of misogyny or something, there wasn't a care if the designer of her was a woman or not, just default answer.
GamingThreadLollipop Chainsaw Remake Announced for 2023
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Dismissive commentary, trolling over multiple posts
OH YES!
My wife laughed so hard with this game. She will be surprised.
Good thing she's a leftist from Latin America, and her concern is with real-life women, not movie/game characters, or discussions that simply DO NOT EXIST outside the forum bubble and some on twitter.
Man, these threads have been a complete shit show. Seriously, they contain some of the stupidest takes I've ever read on these forums. And that is saying something.
GamingThreadNew in-depth The Last of Us Part I video showcases how Naughty Dog overhauled visuals and gameplay (Features and Gameplay Trailer)
ReasonUser warned: antagonizing other users
What gives you and a thousand other angry entitled nerds who've already played the game years ago the right to decide this project's price point? If you don't want to play the game again, just don't buy it. Move the fuck on.
You don't get to decide whether it it. This is what they decided to do, and it's absolutely nowhere in the same universe as a GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition situation; ND has clearly poured a ton of heart, time and effort into recreating an entire game's assets in modern fidelity down to the smallest detail, whether you like it or not. This isn't something any developer can just bang out overnight.
Can you guys not imagine how awesome this will be for new players hearing about the HBO show coming in for the first time to experience one of the greatest games ever made, with all the original actor's performance captures brought up to TLOU2's level? I'll be waiting for a sale or PS+, but I'm extremely excited for anyone getting to experience this for the first time.
GamingThreadNew in-depth The Last of Us Part I video showcases how Naughty Dog overhauled visuals and gameplay (Features and Gameplay Trailer)
ReasonUser Banned (1 day): Attempting to start cross-thread drama. Don’t mass quote 32 people to try to start fights.
Reading the "bizarre" replies earlier in the thread, I did a quick search.
But sure, y'all were just talking about silencers and going prone and the rhetoric and tone of the thread was fair and fine :)
GamingThread[Leak] New TLOUS Part 1 Remake Images and Clips are floating around
ReasonUser Warned - Lazy Dev Rhetoric
Aha but that’s probably the part that would make this not an easy port anymore spending more money on actual game development.. Seems to me they reskinned the game with LOU2 engine and called it a day from what I can make out it’s cheap easy to produce and slap the 80 dollar price tag for the easy pickings who want it day 1 then throw on PSPLUS essential after like 4 weeks or so as a marketing tool
