• hdnsmbt@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    You realize it’s not devs that make those decisions, right? It’s publishers and execs. You know, the guys who make the actual money in all this. Stop blaming devs for stupid exec decisions.

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      10 months ago

      Well, you’re right. However if no dev stands for that it couldn’t get made.

      Of course I also understand that devs want to eat, too. But the truth is somewhere in between.

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        10 months ago

        Meh, it depends on which of the issues you’re flagging. Games are large for understandable reasons, both technical and practical. The optimization problem is… complicated, and my thoughts on it get really into the weeds, but it’s not as simple as people would think. And I’m trying not to pay too much attention to the “can’t fix our game” panel, because at best it makes no sense.

        The always-online thing is maybe the most controversial, and you’d definitely find the most developers who agree with you on that unconditionally. But also, tons of offline games get made on all types of scopes.

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      10 months ago

      Yeav plus games today are way more complicated so there is a LOT more to optimize, and the execs are rushing those games out

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          10 months ago

          It’s an extreme example but the principle remains the same: The idea of someone’s responsibility when following questionable orders.

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            10 months ago

            No, it’s a fucking stupid comparison, man. One thing leads to dead people, the other thing leads to slightly less convenient entertainment software. Can you figure out the rest for yourself? Fuck all the way off with your “questionable orders”.

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                10 months ago

                I expressed how your comparison is stupid. I’m sorry if you perceive that as hostile and think you need to get a point in by making up an equally stupid scenario about my marriage. Obviously I hit a nerve. Can’t say the same about your shitty attempt at an insult.