True, but your point is more consumer side. The headline is talking about CDPR wanting to have a “banging game” on release, which is historically uh…sketchy at best. They should be called out on the statement separate from consumer habits.

Wasn’t the Witcher 3 also a mess at release? I’ve never played them, but I distinctly remember my friends complaining about it, and now it’s pretty beloved.

Maybe CDPR is hoping the same thing happens with Cyberpunk?

Wait bats have scrotums??

Do NOT emulate Bateman’s skincare routine, you’ll overexfoliate yourself into eczema. I am speaking from experience.

Lemmy has astroturfing? Where??? The Linux bros? They just seem like they REALLY love Linux (and good for them, everyone needs hobbies).

Why are there so many comments in the thread going “Omg great ad/marketing idea!!”, that’s so weird…

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The “Halo Effect” has been a known psychological phenomenon since 1907 researched by uh…Wells and someone else who I can’t remember.

I don’t want to rain on your cranky old man parade, but unless you’re 100+ years old I don’t think it was ever just “being a gullible dumbass”, it’s very much a known societal bias that has been leveraged by the advertising industry. Don’t think you’re immune to it just because you think you’re “above it”.

Facts sister/brother, spit your shit indeed!

Everyone knows the best games ever made belong to the King’s Quest series by Sierra.

/j…mostly…

Yeah, because I spent all of my gaming budget by March.

Why the fuck did Japanese devs decide to release Tekken 8, Final Fantasy Rebirth, Yakuza Infinite Wealth, and Persona 3 Remake within like a month of each other? Add in Helldivers 2 as well, and my wallet is basically dust.

if I could only stop clinging to “societal interactions and infrastructure” I could have a great homestead!

This is so true, and something that really gets ignored in the discussion. I don’t WANT to move to bumbfuck nowhere where I have no roots, I want to stay and give back to the community that raised and nurtured me into the person I am today. Unfortunately I (and a lot of others) have been priced out by home speculators.

How is there a loneliness epidemic in all age groups of our society, and yet no one is asking if one of the factors might be people having to move for education and then work to chase affordability, while getting pushed further and further away from their social networks?

This might be not the right place to ask, but is there a theory or phenomenon that explains why so many people side with the perpetrators/people in power when abuses are being commented on?

Sympathizing with the clergyman in your example, or another pop culture example I’ve seen recently is defending private jet usage.

The easy answer is “brainworms”, but there must be more to it than that, surely?

I’m sorry, idk why but this comment is so funny. Like I’m laughing irl but I can’t explain to anyone why.

Wow the FBI are gamers

Jokes aside, holy shit that’s monstrous

Please god please don’t bring a/b/o here, Lemmy was my safe space 😭

Does the RSS feed from Reddit actually work? I tried it on my RSS reader and got error messages after a day.