'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'
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I'm not entirely sure this helps.
  • Taldan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    3 个月前

    There aren’t enough monster truck owners to support his game. If he gets his wish, Gearbox is going to lose a whole lot of money

    The reality is that it is a mass market game. It needs mass market adoption. Currently much of the market is locked out due to performance issues

      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        Can we please standardize a pc parts price point? (Not sure I’m saying this right)

        Like, “it doesn’t matter where technology is, $600 gets you ‘low’, &1000 gets you ‘high’, and $2000 gets you ‘ultra’.”

          • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            3·
            3 个月前

            Yeah so, either the prices need to come down, or devs optimize for those price points. Or both. Because two thousand dollars for a gpu is ridiculous.

            • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
              2·
              3 个月前

              When everyone stops chasing cryptocoin and AI the prices will come down.

              As long as people will pay 2k for a video card, they’ll charge 2k for a video card :(

              The market doesn’t discern between gamers, cryptobros, and corporations.

              I thought we were about to have a break when everything went ASIC, but that just didn’t last.

              • Chaotic Entropy@feddit.ukEnglish
                2·
                3 个月前

                No one will ever stop chasing AI. It’s the holy grail of corporate efficiency, just you… your shareholders… and some unpaid robot slaves. The dream.

                • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
                  2·
                  3 个月前

                  Eventually, the bubble will burst.

                  Venture Cap paid for the first round of hardware; it has to make real money for the second round.

                  Once the token price rises to the actual cost of buying the ephemeral hardware it’s running on, no one will want to use it for the hard stuff.

                  • Chaotic Entropy@feddit.ukEnglish
                    1·
                    3 个月前

                    Most AI companies will die quite dramatically, but the big players will weather the storm and soak up all the rewards that come from monopolising on such technology. The ultimate product can turn to slop if you’re the only game in town.