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Cake day: December 9th, 2023
  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyztoGames@sh.itjust.works•Ubisoft Acquires March of Giants From AmazonEnglish
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    1 month ago

    How much of a premium would you be willing to pay for a version of a game that stripped out any connection with Ubisoft?

    If you answered more than zero dollars, how the hell does Ubisoft make basic sense as a business?

    For me, just thinking of a couple off the top of my head I would gladly pay a $10+ premium for Steep (edit Shredders at $17 is a far better deal for this reason than Steep at $3) or Riders Republic if Ubisoft’s involvement in the games were completely removed, I am talking about right now in the year 2025 not even when these games came out originally… they are brilliant but utterly undermined by Ubisoft. I think for the recent Ghost Recon games Breakpoint and Wildlands I would happily pay a $15+ premium for versions that stripped out Ubisoft BS and added good mod support.

    Ubisoft is an anti-brand more than it is a business.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyztoGames@sh.itjust.works•Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% markEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Overall, 3% might not seem like much to some, but again - that trend is very clear and equates to millions of people. The last time Valve officially gave a proper monthly active user count was in 2022, and we know Steam has grown a lot since then, but even going by that original number would put monthly active Linux users at well over 4 million. Sadly, Valve have not given out a more recent monthly active user number but it’s likely a few million higher, especially with the Steam Deck selling millions.