ihatetheworld

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[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Enhanced Headphone Mode will be available to all players for free.

$20 is for 5 years subscription of Personalized profile for EHM.

If the personalized profile actually provide higher precision audio then yeah it is probably 'worth it' if Cod is the only game you play/or play competitively.

After all a good pair of stereo headphone is more 'pay to win' and also cost way more.

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yea. Those cheap jump scare got me every single time. Lol

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes it can. But we are still ways to go before it become a reality. The current AI is still missing the 'intelligence' and is no better than a a well designed predetermined script.

For every game that try to make good use of AI to improve on the player experience and immersion there will be hundreds, thousands more that do the exact opposite. Because that is capitalism for you. Just look at Upscaling/Frame generation.

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

i don't get this 'generation gap' thing. There are also Milennials who are just as clueless.

You can always dive into the whole private tracker, sonarr/radarr + media server setup if you want superior quality or just to host your own files. But if you are happy with what streaming sites/apps provide that is fine too.

I for one am glad that piracy is easily accessible by anyone who has access to the internet.

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago

All I know is piracy definitely has an impact on bad games/products and if you give the consumer something worth buying, they will most definitely buy it if or when they can afford to.

They might also recommend it to their friends or talk about it online which lead to additional sales that would not happen if they didn't sail the high sea.

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I am perfectly happy with my 6900xt. Running it at 220w limit which still manage 20k graphical score in Time-spy. The trade-off was 10% performance vs 350w for 37% power reduction and roughly 5% performance lost vs 300w for 27% power reduction.

Previously was running tuned for 300w but have since switched to 220w for good. Performance lost in game is not noticeable but the reduction from 220w-250w max power draw to 150-170w is huge. PC is completely silent and i can game alot longer without having to turn on the AC.

7800 XT is a good purchase since it is pretty much a better version of 6900xt out of the box. (Not comparing with those xtxh 6900xt that are throwing away power efficiency for that additional 10% performance vs running at 350w limit.

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

When you are six hours into playing Battlefield and you run out of ammo in your clip, and we ask you for a dollar to reload, you're really not very price sensitive at that point in time. A consumer gets engaged in a property, they might spend 10,20,30,50 hours on the game and then when they're deep into the game they're well invested in it. We're not gouging, but we're charging and at that point in time the commitment can be pretty high. But it is a great model and I think it represents a substantially better future for the industry.

I was reminded of this. They would if they could. I am glad i am not living in that timeline.

[–] ihatetheworld@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

We can all agree End Game was peak MCU.

Spider-Man No Way Home is the only MCU movie that I really enjoyed watching in phrase 4-5.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was the last MCU I cared enough to watch in the theatre.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was good? but I can hardly recall what happened in that movie.

Most of the mini-series on Disney+ are forgettable. Loki season 2 was chef kiss and I want to see more of Moon Knight.

The recent Deadpool & Wolverine was dumb but it was lots of fun to watch.

I feel like those pre End Game characters are doing all the heavy lifting in current MCU. I don't find myself caring for most of the new characters that they are bringing in to set-up for the next big stage.