Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191001222037

I did notice the JP library was significantly bigger, but it had some "titles" which were just CG discs for certain fighting game characters. Bit odd. Weird partnerships could still form back then I guess, but if not from them it could've been anyone else. Keep in mind that Sony already had a partnership with Philips and they pretty much created the CD format. It wouldn't have taken long for them to figure it out. Another interesting partnership I found was the Marlboro Atari Lynx. Could've worked over here (16 was legal back then) but in America? That reminds me, one of the sources I use for most things MAME also has a rather large EU/US collection of scanned magazines. Might grab that at some point, no included demo discs with PDFs though ;) I'll have to wait till I've played them all to judge that. Don't think Phone kart will rank highly though. I'd rather think optimistically when it comes to individuals. I wouldn't say dumber though, more uninterested or uncaring.

I'm fine either way, as long as the battery is good and I can hook it up with a cable. Pure wired with a battery pack sucks. It's probably that lightbar and the social media buttons, I can imagine them constantly holding a signal open for optimum social media posting. I'm sure. The games I played for XBOX were great or good and the custom soundtrack ofcourse ups that, however I didn't have many and the only other games were multiplats. The PS2 library being huge also meant quite a few mediocre games. My "collection" (read stuff I bought 10-15 years ago) pretty much shows that perfectly, very little XBOX but all good and lots of PS2 but some bad and more mediocre games (most of them gifted though). Rallisport Challenge 2 for XBOX was an absolute beauty and an exclusive. Ultimately the PS2 won for me though, XBOX was quite lacking in RPGs. Probably. The EU is trying to garner some positive attention though, not surprising after Article 11&13. Maybe they'll use that to garner some goodwill. It's a move that won't piss off anyone here, so it doesn't surprise me that they took it. No Dutch companies really lobbying against it. Still a good thing despite their motivations.

I'm sure most people are ready to pay that now anyways, they generally buy the "Ultimate edition". Not many companies would go for DRM-free though. The board of directors would argue that "physical has costs and making it easy to pirate could make them lose money, so implement DRM". Has happened before with smaller dev teams and bigger publishers even when it's digital only and already on steam (the steamstub protects fuck all though). They're trying to do special things these days, lots of quick parodies of things. Currently they seem to be doing well off of mostly ad revenue, but I wouldn't be surprised if lots of people buy premium porn website memberships. Like sexbots? There'll be bootleg bots or it'll get cheaper very quickly. They'd kill the prostitution industry as well which would be a historic loss, oldest trade in the world after all. Most people I know used little pirate-boxes instead of any streaming service. Completely oblivious to it being piracy, somehow. Ultimately I'd prefer the same as well, but I barely watch things like that anyway. Aren't most of the gigantic American ISPs against that project? You have to remember that they are huge and have either a cartel setup or just a plain monopoly in any given area. Why would they make it easy for google to roll out a better product? That's probably the main reason why it isn't working.

It's fine if you don't speak about anything that has a side. I wouldn't say it's just a USA thing though, it is in our nature to pick sides. It's just that the US takes it too far. Would you prefer the USK/FSK instead changed all the girls into robots or "zombies" (read color them green) and they die instead? That's probably what they'd have done in the 80's and 90's over there. Remember playing a german copy of carmageddon and that happened instead. Would you not consider this a step up over that? Or was carmageddon just an outlier?

Doesn't happen enough, our goverment initiated an ad campaign telling people to reply to such things with #ad or report them because it's gotten to be a large issue among "bloggers and influencers". They'll rather try to hide it than state it's an ad, someone "naturally" liking something is more appealing than a clear ad. Probably better in gaming though, most channels or streams I see are pretty clear about it, but I'm picky with who I view. Saw it being down yeah, never used it but my info probably already leaked from some other badly secured website. Am I glad the EU has good payment options. Saves me from needing a credit card, feels too insecure for me. I don't know what's taking them so long though, should be plenty of security systems for webshops on the shelf.

Ublock origin and two regular adblockers (adblocker ultimate and adblock plus). I could probably turn adblock plus off, considering that allows "safe ads" these days. Adblocker ultimate is nice as an alternative, not many adblock blockers pick that up. I generally don't use script blockers, it annoys me too much with how I browse. 6 is way too early, not everyone has a 1-2 hour commute to work. 1-2 hours of sleep lost can be hell if you plan to use your evenings/nights to the fullest.