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  • He "ended" Afghanistan with seemingly no plan and just abandoned large amounts of weapons and supplies that are now unaccounted for in a volatile region.

    I think the public would have been okay with a longer timeframe if they had made efforts to render more things inert or ship them back. It may not be the most cost effective compared to replacement, but its better than just shoving more weapons into the region with no accountability.

  • The GameCube really didn't sell that well. They produced less stock overall, thus less supply compared with other systems like PS2.

    When comparing with the ps2 specifically, it gets even more skewed as new ps2 games were still being made and released years after the ps3 came out. Not just new copies, but entirely new games.

  • Back in the day of PS2 I remember the greatest hits copies used black and white manuals instead of color copies.

    Now that manuals are gone I'm not sure how much different they'd be. Maybe including some DLC similar to a GOTY edition.

  • Nope, no Kickstarter or obvious public funding before the early access "release".

    There's a chance some people weren't able to get refunded but due to Steam's refund policy I suspect most got their money back.

    If it was always intended to be a total scam and never release they'd likely have used their own launcher to bypass the Steam revenue share and refund policy.

  • Due to the way Steam refunds work I feel this wasn't their end goal unless they really didn't think it through at all.

    The theory i subscribe to is that they intended to release a "decent" game but had no experience or intent to make it themselves. The marketing hype machine was to build community hype, which would drive investor funding so they could pay for new talent or to just outsource most of the work. I'm guessing that either didn't materialize or they mismanaged that plan.

  • This is something I've felt more and more every year for all the holidays in the areas of the US I frequent. Halloween, Xmas, Easter, etc.

    The stores are all decorated earlier than ever, but neighborhoods are barren.

    I understand money is tight for many, but Christmas lights are pretty cheap and most people have old sets, it's not like they're consumable and need to be replaced every year. I wonder if people are just over it, don't have the time, lack the spirit, or what.

    I say all this as someone who hasn't decorated for any holidays lately myself.

  • It's not that the toothpaste itself is the high theft item, it's just easier to lock the whole shelf rather than specific items. Notably items like Razor blades have crazy high theft rates and are usually near the toothpaste, causing them both to be locked up.

    Check out some metropolitan areas for a preview of what's coming to a store near you. Denver has been locking stuff up for years already.

  • Why are so stores spending so much money and labor redoing stores to add locked shelving display units for basic goods?

    The cost of the shelving and maintenance increases, and the required labor increases because every customer will need an employee to unlock the displays every time they need an item like video games in the 90s.

    Stores don't want to lock up toothpaste and bottle neck their sales but they're doing it en masse, why is that?

  • I don't think it's unreasonable to say that prices are at least partially a result of the cost of doing business.

    What's part of the cost of doing business? Theft. Estimated shrink rates are factored into profit forecasting.

  • Enjoy paying higher prices for everything and having to track down every time you want to purchase an item when they lock all the shelves.

    Not sure where you live but it's getting really old seeing toothpaste and basic necessities getting locked up like video games in the 90s.

  • I never commented about Target closing or reopening stores. My comment was relating to insurance not just being free money that covers bad stuff happening. There's also such a thing as being uninsurable.

    I'm all for bashing corporate greed but claiming theft isn't a big deal because they have insurance is a bad take.