“Copies sold” is a much better measure

It bugs me when GW2 also does this with “over 12 million players” when actually it’s registered accounts.

I know people who have and use multiple POF accounts obtained freely, including a guy who literally has 83 accounts and uses them all every reset.

I’m not disputing that Palworld isn’t popular, but I hate when companies advertise with “40M players”

40M purchases is fine, which is very impressive for a paid game. If I buy a game, never play it or play it once, then I’m not ‘playing’ that game.

Thank you, I was mixing it up with the Vita

Can you still mass unlock trophies with these? I remember somebody telling me that your psn level has some benefits and a cap based on games platinumed?

No surprise. Technology has grown, as have office and desk based work.

I had an idea for a book some years ago. There’s an airborne virus that makes every human on the planet infertile.

The only way humans can reproduce is via cloning. Clones which are not only genetically modified for the best traits, but also improved. Each country gets an allocated amount.

There’s a catch - the clones are programmed to abide by rules (don’t be a dick, don’t harm others, be considerate of the environment and make every effort to improve it). If they stray too far, they shit out all of their organs and die.

Now I’m imagining ‘Moon Melons, Moon Mangos and Moon Mangetout”

I get that, some of this is what others have told me (in a positive way) and it’s actually gained respect.

But where it really matters, I’m seen as more of a problem in jobs (despite outputting more than a lot of people and having a lot of feedback/input)

I find in jobs that I get a lot of praise and respect from immediate colleagues, which is generally how I progress so quick (plus putting in the effort) but I can tell higher up I’m seen as more of a problem

A) There is no further progression in my role.

B) Everybody is a number. There’s employment laws and trade unions for a reason.

I’m very disliked - I’m not afraid to call BS out, speak my mind, I’m not false around senior management and treat everybody equally. I put my foot down with wrong doings, particularly those affecting employments rights (where others put their head in the sand)

I don’t do socials, I’m probably overly keen and grab work at any opportunity which makes others look bad. I’ve made suggestions that have improved the way we work, which others have taken credit for.

What have I learned?

It’s just a job. The only thing I have in common with most people is we work in the same place. I’ve learned not to care.

I’m not one of those people who pretends they will play a physical disc game for the rest of their life

I do however like physical for two reasons. Firstly, the price, how tf can you justify charging more when you are cutting out all of the middlemen and listing on your own online store. Secondly, resale. I can buy a game, play it and resell.

If the tradeoff on going digital was that games were 50% cheaper, then I’d be happy. I wouldn’t have to hoard games and I’d have the convenience of digital.

This

Whilst I don’t agree with it, it’s hardly something new.

There is no world where Nintendo had you covered

Their hardware and systems, particularly any online connectivity is 20hrs behind. They’ve also be the shittiest of them all with price hikes

Of course, it’s Japan. What do people think that anime was based on? Clearly not fiction.

How do they know this? How would you even measure temperature past a certain point

Or a stalker.

They all live in one shared house, he’s outside the front door.

I’d imagine some of these people are actually conditioned into developing it

You need to get yourself a partner and go outside

I actually did skim through, but when you’re claiming it probably cost ‘2 billion more’ than they announced, even though there’s shareholder reports….its hard to keep reading and take serious

Whilst I have no plans to buy this game or any Rockstar game in future, I stopped reading when you said it won’t be successful

Providing the game runs ok, it could be the worst game ever created and would be highly successful in terms of sales. They could literally sell a turd