Re:Apple M1 Ultra
by flipgimble on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:09PM
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"every video game company" = Epic Games,
and mostly because they don't like to pay overhead for their Fortnite loot boxes that most parents wish they could have some control over. I don't have allegiance to either company mostly because they don't care about me, just my money.
> I don't have allegiance to either company mostly because they don't care about me, just my money.
This criticism is something that is a positive to me. Opposing companies are often dependant on adverting money and the things this leads to are a whole lot worse in my view.
Epic doesn’t do lootboxes, next.
In the spirit of his argument, they do use time-gated content and other methods to psychologically exploit their users into buying things.
They used to? At least Rocket League had them for a long time. Unsure how long after Epic purchased it they had them though.
> Expect more investing in non-Apple areas like gaming, cars, etc.
I remember people saying this about phones in 2006.
The first half of the event was old wine in new bottles - I reckon that’s the main growth area they are squeezing.
Or was it last seasons wine in old bottles?
Though every video game company on the planet hates them because of App Store terms.