I gotta ask as I've seen these kind of memes too often, is not cooking an American thing? I've never met someone in Norway who doesn't know how to cook normal meals from raw ingredients.
I see where you're coming from, but I don't agree with the conclusion.
The PS5 is selling as well as the ps4 did, despite shortage and worse economy for most people. Many people don't want to go from sitting in front of their computer at work to sit in front of a another computer at home. A console is a much more streamlined and casual experience. You don't have to mess around with 5 different storefronts and a hundred different launchers. You don't have to worry about the specs of your computer, rising GPU prices, driver issues or half a dozen issues due to bad PC ports. For those sensitive to stutters, the jedi games and a bunch 2023 PC ports are still unplayable.
The mobile market is an almost entirely different demographic and much of that revenue comes as disguised gambling. Mobile gaming market won't replace the traditional console market, it's a completely different experience.
Nintendos will continue as long as there are children out there. Nintendo offers a "safe" and curated market for children, both old and young.
The game pass also isn't much of a moat for Microsoft. Sony has their own offering and nothing stops them from extending it to the PC market, though highly unlikely.
I just don't see the market of gaming on your couch going away. Many people value the simplicity of consoles, and PlayStation is the big name on the market.
I honestly don't get your point. Both Sony and Microsoft are working on their next consoles and Sony got VR, though I'm not sure it's profitable. Their PlayStation department is doing great, what concerns do you actually have? The pc market isn't a threat, it's just another revenue source for their developers.
the combat in Baldur's Gate 3 is far more interactive and dynamic. It's also way more accessible.
I agree, they also solved the "everything is on fire" problem that Divinity had with its element interactions. And it is what I hope the most Owlcat takes inspiration from.
It still feels like the game is lacking in the combat diversity department compared to Pathfinder. From the way you buff characters before a dungeon/combat to how you can specialise your characters. Some of it may just be product of how Pathfinder and D&D 5ed are, and some of it may be a product of trying to make it more accessible as you put it, at the cost of choice and complexity.
As an example, there's a giant spider that wanders around on webs and summons smaller spiders from eggs, you can sneak around to destroy the eggs before combat to stop summoning and destroy the webs whilst the spider is on them to cause it to drop and take extreme damage.
Yeah, never got to fight that boss. Started (and ended) the combat by eldritch blasting the poor baby over the edge into the abyss when I first saw it.
No doubt BG3 is a better game for the general gaming crowd, but if combat and complex character building is your jam, I'd say Pathfinder might be a more enjoyable game.
Apologies, it was a mistake on my end. Tried it again and noticed uBlock going wild. It was blocking every website except for lemmy.world which was globally whitelisted in my settings.
When it comes to combat and character creation, I'd argue the Pathfinder games surpasses BG3. BG3 obviously looks better and has a more interactive world, but the combat is lacking compared to the builds you can do in Pathfinder. More races, way more classes, more intricate builds, higher level cap, etc...
For people that are more into combat and kiting out your characters, I think they'll enjoy those games more. Not too say BG3 is bad or anything.
The life expectancy of men in USA is ~76 years, meaning once you reach 38, by average, half of your life is gone. Retiring when you reach 67? Enjoy your last nine years on earth without working.
If a game is on GOG, I'd rather buy it there than on steam. Steam is great and they do a lot of great stuff, but you don't own the game if you buy it through steam.
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I gotta ask as I've seen these kind of memes too often, is not cooking an American thing? I've never met someone in Norway who doesn't know how to cook normal meals from raw ingredients.