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  1. The sales models have changed. Also BR is required on Battlefield 5's Poor Sales Numbers Have Become a Disaster For Electronic Arts (seekingalpha.com) · · Score: 1

    Launching without a BR mode for a multiplayer based game today is suicide. It's currently the mode most gamers are craving today if Fortnite / PUBG / CoD is any indication. Team DM is still fun, but it's BR that is the "hot new thing". Also, we are seeing that releasing BR games for pay just don't have thriving player bases. The idea that players should drop $60 for the game, then subscribe to season passes is so early 2000s. That era has come to an end. Players demand the games to be free, all the maps to be free, but charge for in-game items like hats, clothes, gun skins, etc. Everyone saw this coming with Team Fortress YEARS ago, and now it's here.

    What can they do to fix this? Made BF5 free to play. Add in purchasable skins. Not maps, or guns. Just skins. Emotes. Then get the BR mode out ASAP. Single, Squad, Team modes. 1/4/50 player teams in this mode.

    I'll gladly download it and buy a pile of skins. I have for Fortnite, PubG, and CoD. But I refuse to buy any map packs or any other content that isn't free going forward.

  2. The last three hour movie I went to, Strange Days, had an intermissions 1.5hrs into it. I haven't been to any that long since.

  3. Went to Zion National Park with a few friends around 2008. Sat at a table to eat some sandwiches we had bought before going hiking. I had my sunglasses on, my friends were all talking, and I was half listening while staring at the clouds. They were moving across the sky and then just stopped. Paused. I took my sunglasses off, and they were back to moving again. My friends talking didn't pause, they were still talking the entire time. No idea what that was, but all I could think of is a glitch in the system.

  4. What a timeline to live in where fighting for social justice is frowned on.

  5. Re:Name Calling on Trump Takes On 'Crooked Hillary' With Snapchat Geofilter (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't write any part of that book, FYI. They had the author on one of the other channels talking about it.

  6. Re:Y'know... Actually... on Scientists Study How Non-Scientists Deny Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, yeah, it's called science.

  7. Re:The posts show intent and timeline on Oversight Orders Reddit To Preserve Deleted Posts In Clinton Investigation (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    No way dude, he broke the law and will be put in jail for at least 15 years. I know this because it is the internet.

  8. Re:So long, Netflix, it was good while it lasted on Netflix Wants 50% Of Its Library To Be Original Content (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    I've only been subscribing to Netflix for their original content. I can get most of the unoriginal stuff on my Prime account already.

    Many of their shows have been absolutely amazing. Game of Thrones level of awesome, in my humble opinion.

    Stranger Things (1 season)
    Daredevil (2 seasons)
    Jessica Jones (1 season)
    Narcos (2 seasons)

    I've binged all of these shows because they were that good. The only other show I've ever binged before this was The Wire. That says, to me, they have something special going on. If they can keep the good content coming at a decent pace, I have no problem with them dumping the same stuff I can get anywhere else.

  9. Re:just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Considering we've seen tens of thousands of emails of pretty much the most mundane stuff, with the exception of them making fun of Boehner being a drunk, I'd have to say, yeah, it was probably not much of anything. But feel free to continue your fantasy.

  10. Re:just one thing to say on Computer Specialist Who Deleted Clinton Emails May Have Asked Reddit For Tips (usnews.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    I like how you just make up that these would have gotten a person fired and charged with felonies, while the FBI specifically states any of this would not have gotten one of their own fired, nor was anything considered a felony.

  11. And now they have an absolute wasteland of an economy which will leave people destitute and homeless for decades to come. The grass on the other side wasn't greener, it was a radioactive wasteland. Have fun with that.

  12. Re:An FBI director who didn't want to end up dead on Facebook Co-Founder Commits $20 Million To Help Defeat Trump (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 2

    Are you ten? Seriously.

    We're coming for you, Martha. We're coming for you! ooga booga

  13. Re:backing Hillary? on Facebook Co-Founder Commits $20 Million To Help Defeat Trump (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only did they show she did nothing illegal in their eyes, they one upped them by saying that even if one of their own did the same thing, they would not be prosecuted either. Reprimanded? Yes. Illegal? No.

    I honestly can't believe we're even still talking about this. The only thing we got out of this is emails showing everyone thinks Boehner is an alcoholic.

  14. Re:San Francisco minimum wage heading to $15 on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    How can this be a factor at all? The replacements are still entitled to these laws, and paying minimum wage would disqualify H1Bs from being used anyways.

  15. Re: I'm so mad, I almost want to vote for on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How about we do one better, we see what the ACTIONS of what someone like Trump, who makes products actually does versus what he SAYS.

    Oh, you're all quiet all of a sudden? What happened? Yeah, you drank it all, didn't you? Quit smiling at me with those blue mouths!

  16. Re:Numbers don't agree with you. on Sony Announces Two New Versions of PlayStation 4: One Slimmer, Other More Powerful (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe he is speaking of triple A games. Which tend to outsell their PC counterparts nearly 4:1. Yes, computer gaming is still technically driving more money because of Steam and it's endless sales on Euchre clones and Bubblepop Plus. The fremium games and such that everyone plays on their facebook goes into those sales numbers, too.

  17. On Call? on Amazon Is Testing a 30-Hour, 75% Salary Workweek (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So how does that work? All the "40" hour people get lumped being on-call more often?

    "Sir, everyone took the guaranteed 30 hour offer. We have no one that can take the on-call phones anymore."

  18. Re:SMS-Based? Dear Flipping ${GOD}... on PSA: PlayStation Network Gets Two-Step Verification (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    While this is true, it's still an extra layer, which means they/we are better off than where we were yesterday.

  19. Probably trying to keep people from the malware... on Facebook Admits Blocking WikiLeaks' DNC Email Links, But Won't Say Why (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Just sayin'

  20. Re:Why would Putin fear Clinton? on Clinton Campaign: Russia Leaked Emails to Help Trump (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Clinton era prosperity was real. It's in the history books. Trying to disclaim it at this point is petty. There isn't much else to add other than you're wrong. Want to argue? Go grab a time machine and have at it.

  21. Pokemon is owned by three companies.

    Nintendo
    Game Freak
    Creatures

    Game Freak and Creatures are both subsidiaries of Nintendo.

    They all have different roles in what happens with the IP.

    Niantic is a subsidiary of Google who writes mobile games leveraging the Google Maps data.

  22. Re:Have any of these people ever voted Republican? on 145 Tech Leaders Say 'Trump Would Be A Disaster For Innovation' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you looked at the 2016 Republican Party Platform?

  23. Doesn't HL2 work with Oculus? on Valve Announces New Portal Content For Virtual Reality (roadtovr.com) · · Score: 1

    I swear I was playing that on my DK2 over a year ago. Thought all the HL engine games just "worked".

    Maybe that was some other reality I'm thinking about. I've got so many these days it's easy to be confused.

  24. Re:wrong solution on CRTC Enforced $25/mo Cable TV Is Now Available To Canadians, But With Caveats · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, even in the USA, there is not enough competition. The companies collude with each other for the most part, and bring stuff like this on themselves. It's what happens in a Capitalist economy, sadly.

  25. Re:It doesn't matter on EFF On Why FBI Can't Force Apple To Sign Code (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    Even if this did happen, it would come encrypted, and they would no basis to then unlock that code. It would be wholly independent from the case it is pertaining to, and no court would push for Apple to do anything further.