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WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Games@sh.itjust.works•The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cookEnglish111·1 year agoYeah that’s typically how microtransaction driven games work.
See also:
- League of Legends
- Genshin Impact and other “gacha” games
- Fortnite
- digital TCGs
(Also all of those are free to play, so minus points to helldivers for double dipping)
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Games@sh.itjust.works•The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cookEnglish61·1 year agoIt’s not “pay to win” exactly, but it’s only a matter of time until an important “meta” weapon is locked behind a warbond.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Games@sh.itjust.works•The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cookEnglish92·1 year agoThis is how microtransaction driven games typically work.
You technically never need to pay, but they keep adding more content locked behind 1000 credit warbonds, and some of that content is very useful, and getting to 1000 medals takes a while if you aren’t specifically trying for it.
If you actually want all of the gameplay affecting content (war bonds) you either need to grind specifically for medals for a long time or you need to pay.
Other games that use a similar business model:
- League of Legends
- “Gacha” games like Genshin Impact and a lot of mobile-only games
- Fortnite
- typical digital TCGs
(Also note all of these are free to play and only make money off microtransactions, which IMO makes Helldivers more predatory for double dipping)
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Games@sh.itjust.works•The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cookEnglish266·1 year agoHelldivers’ business model is primarily microtransactions. The microtransactions affect gameplay, so it’s in the direction of “pay to win”. It’s not the paragon of non-predatory monetization that people make it out to be.
(Baldurs Gate 3 and Palworld both are good examples of a healthy pay once and actually own a copy games)
Also none of these games released without serious bugs.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•My icon pack's clock icon shows time and moves like an actual clock1·1 year agoBruh I was super confused when I found that Ubuntu’s calender app doesn’t have its icon update
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Millionaire tries to prove becoming wealthy is easy by becoming homeless and making a million in a year - and of course fails miserably and quits, citing reality4·1 year agoMy grandpa refuses to get a cell phone. Not even one that makes only calls. He regularly drives across the country, relying on libraries to print out maps and send emails to stay in contact with family.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Games@lemmy.world•I'm looking for play testers for my wacky Stanley Parable inspiredgame to give me honest opinion. If you are fan of those types of games, let's play : )English21·1 year agoI wanna press the button
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How do I setup my own FOSS shopping website for my business?English5·1 year agoUsing ProtonVPN probably isn’t doing what you want it to do, since the port they will give you is random, but for your website you will want ports 80 and 443 exposed.
CloudFlare will hide your IP will properly forwarding traffic (and other benefits, like caching images on their CDN, if you want them). Also their free tier is more than enough for something like this.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•How do I setup my own FOSS shopping website for my business?English4·1 year agoUsing ProtonVPN probably isn’t doing what you want it to do, since the port they will give you is random, but for your website you will want ports 80 and 443 exposed.
CloudFlare will hide your IP will properly forwarding traffic (and other benefits, like caching images on their CDN, if you want them). Also their free tier is more than enough for something like this.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Games@lemmy.world•Apple will start allowing emulators on the iOS App StoreEnglish1·1 year agoiOS natively supports JIT (by which we mean writable and executable memory) but Apple locks it down to only two use cases:
- The JavaScript engine in Safari
- Support for running a debugger
AltStore launches a debugger and connects it to your phone. Even though it’s not actually doing anything with a debugger, that’s enough to convince iOS to let your app use memory that’s both writable and executable (the key feature needed for JIT).
Without JIT you need to either resort to a slower form of emulation or do something creative.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•Apple AirPods are designed to die: Here’s what you should knowEnglish192·1 year agoHow are Apple’s AirPods not “in ear canal things”?
The rules end up there because people complain about things and then the mods implement a rule to ban the things people complain about. Sometimes they let the community vote on it. It does end up being the vocal minority who the rules cater to sometimes.
WolfLink@lemmy.mlto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.English0·2 years agoThese aren’t rare in the sense that everybody has one they keep as a collectible. If I went down to 7/11 and tried to buy something with it they’d give me a funny look.
This will be useful if you are trying to let multiple people share your computer remotely. If you are trying to set up personal game streaming for one client at a time, try Moonlight and Sunshine (more mature, easier to setup, works on any hardware).