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GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.

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  • I had a think about this scenario and I think that if Steam was going to present this argument they would need to document and support this workflow. At the moment the fact that it sometimes works is more of an accident than anything (essentially it's all just files on a disc and sometimes the files still work if you move them somewhere else).

    But if they document that you can transfer the install data to another location, and identify which titles that applies to? Then I can see a reasonable argument that they qualify.

    • GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.

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  • This article seems to say that it covers only digital items that have an always online requirement.

    https://www.gamefile.news/p/california-ab2426-crew-call-of-duty

    So i think offline games don't need the warning, but online games, steaming movies, etc do need the warning.

    Edit:

    I looked a bit further and found the bill text:

    https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2426#99INT

    (4) This section does not apply to any of the following:

    [...]

    (C) Any digital good that is advertised or offered to a person that the seller cannot revoke access to after the transaction, which includes making the digital good available at the time of purchase for permanent offline download to an external storage source to be used without a connection to the internet.

    This exception clearly allows for user downloadable installer for a game with offline functionality. But consoles, steam, etc where you don't get a standalone installer, they look like they will need the warning on all titles.

    • When you inhale helium from a balloon, do you weigh less?

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    • Sony Just Doubled the Price of Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4 Following PS5 Remaster Reveal - IGN

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  • In Australia they've bumped it from au$25 (with periodic discounts to au$12.50) to au$60.

    Thats a 140% increase!

    • [GmanLives] Australia's History with Banning & Censoring Video Games

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  • No mention of the recent changes to classify simulated gambling R18+.

    Thats going to cause some titles to cut content to avoid the higher rating.

    • Mod creator who bypassed PSN account linking for God of War Ragnarok deletes it due to fears of "possible threats from Sony"

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  • It had a public github repo so I would expect there to be copies in the wild.

    • Star Wars Outlaws sales were 'softer than expected,' so Ubisoft is slamming the release-it-on-Steam button early

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  • Yes, that kind of packaging is exactly what he is fighting!

    • Are thongs less prone to whale tailing than strings?

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  • The word was selected by the American Dialect Society in January 2006 as the "most creative word" of 2005.

    TIL

    • Nintendo Patent Approved in August Could Be What It Uses Against Palworld

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  • Oh! So that treaty somewhat standardizes PA patent rights across participating nations and allows a the patent office to act as a agent in procuring international patents but doesn't actually offers a "globally" recognized patent in the way that the Berne Convention does for copyright.

    So it looks like the infamous loading screen minigame patent was only registered in Japan and the USA. If I have this right it would not have been a barrier to implementing a loading screen minigame anywhere else (e.g. PAL regions in their entirety)?

    https://patents.google.com/patent/US5718632

    • Steam hit an all-time record of 38.3 million PC players online. PC gaming has been growing steadily in recent years, with Steam hitting an all-time peak of 32 million in January 2023...

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  • The cycle I see is aligned with the console generations.

    For the first half of the gen the console proposition is reasonably modern and some people with older PCs will pick up a console instead of a new PC build.

    For the second half of the gen the console proposition is dated and PCs can achieve the same power for a modest price, or exceed that power for a few dollars more. Some people will switch to PC either as an upgrade or when their current console fails.

    Then the cycle continues every 6 or 7 years.

    • What prevents Linux from being installed on mobile devices?

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  • More than anything, the problem is apps.

    True, its a real chicken and egg situation. No one what to use a platform without decent app support but no one wants to develop for a platform without any users.

    • Nintendo Patent Approved in August Could Be What It Uses Against Palworld

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    • The volume of Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will be much larger than Like A Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name

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  • LOUD!

    • The Plucky Squire is an adorable adventure that mixes 2D and 3D

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  • That can be a problem for games that skew older too.

    Any games with a companion with have them brainstorming solutions the second you enter a puzzle room. Its exactly what I would be doing if I was in the companion's shoes but as a player it can be frustrating when you haven't been given a chance to even look around.

    glares pointedly at uncharted

    • Capcom wins patent lawsuit against Koei Tecmo. After second round in court, judge orders Koei Tecmo to pay nearly $1.5 million in compensation.

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    • Nintendo Patent Approved in August Could Be What It Uses Against Palworld

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  • My lay understanding was that patents were invalidated if prior art could be found before the application date?

    If that was true then no patent Nintendo applied for after palwold demonstrated its use of a technique would hold water. This demonstration would be easy to verify as occurring at the time of release of preview videos, the games release, content patches, etc

    So I must be wrong if they think JP7545191B1 might be the one.

    • Capcom Is Updating Several GFWL Games To Bring Them Back On Steam

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  • These games include Ultra Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, Lost Planet 2, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.

    • What are some open source projects that had substantial initial releases or updates that seemingly came out of nowhere?

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    • ‘Cold-Blooded Business’: Nintendo Is Patent Trolling Palworld Because It Got Too Big

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  • most expensive products in the industry.

    Counter point: PS5 Pro is au$1200 vs Switch OLED for au$540