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With Xbox dead, I guess you could say the big 3 now are Playstation, Steam and Nintendo, even if they don't really actually compete that directly with each other.

All of them seem to do their own things, but Steam and Nintendo also seems like the most stable platforms.
 
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Any sum up? Can’t get into the article without paying
Weird, guardian doesn't need a subscription to read on my end. Some quotes:
But an investigation into headphones has found every single pair tested contained substances hazardous to human health, including chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminisation of males.

Even products by market-leading brands such as Bose, Panasonic, Samsung and Sennheiser were found to contain harmful chemicals in the formulation of the plastics from which they are made.
“These chemicals are not just additives; they may be migrating from the headphones into our body,” said Karolína Brabcová, chemical expert at Arnika, part of the ToxFree LIFE for All project, a partnership of central European civil society groups that carried out the research.

“Daily use – especially during exercise when heat and sweat are present – accelerates this migration directly to the skin.

“Although there is no immediate health risk, the long-term exposures – especially for vulnerable groups like teenagers – is of great concern. There is no ‘safe’ level for endocrine disruptors that mimic our natural hormones.”
 
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Nioh 3 NG done in 98 hours, but that's with me restarting the demo one time and having already replayed the first two little regions in NG+.
Not sure I will continue, I traditionally don't bother with Souls DLC because they always up the difficulty, and for a very easy game in the open world, some bosses are just 'I do not want to deal with you again, ever’ difficult.
The last boss was a nightmare.

But never having bothered with NG+ in the first place, I'm surprised it's not harder. I'm sure it becomes insane, but for now it's just a tad harder with some harder mobs variations.

It's Nioh so it's great.
But the difficulty is all over the place.
And well, credits to the team for trying something new with the plot, but Team Ninja obviously can't tell a story well to save their life.
 
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What plastic does headphones use that is not used in other stuff? Like wouldnt a handcontroller be a risk too?

Ive had a few headphones where the plastic turned weidly "sticky" and now im super paranoid lol
Hmmm not sure. Are they old hardphones? Do you store them inside a box for a long time? I know plastic can turn sticky when you store it inside a container for a long time because the chemical in the plastic can't be properly "ventilated".
 
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With Xbox dead, I guess you could say the big 3 now are Playstation, Steam and Nintendo, even if they don't really actually compete that directly with each other.

All of them seem to do their own things, but Steam and Nintendo also seems like the most stable platforms.

Playstation and Nintendo competing against Steam is kind of a stretch, though.
  • Steam/PC is the place were 99% of releases go. Where ALL new Hits start.
  • Nintendo exclusives are their own, there is no competition, they are all funded by Nintendo and Steam doesn't "compete" for those games. For all other games that are a given on Steam, most devs have to make extra "Switch editions" to get the square block into the circle opening and the majority of Steam games don't even try.
  • Sony is just a more inconvenient and restrictive Steam platform. Any Single-player game they make will come out on Steam anyway in 6-24 months, and there aren't that many of them anyway because Sony doesn't have enough Single-player studios and the studikos they have make barely a game in a generation. Any GaaS game they make will come out simultaneously on Steam because the financials don't work otherwise.


What they all comepete against is TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube, though.
And they are losing.
 
Any sum up? Can’t get into the article without paying

Weird, guardian doesn't need a subscription to read on my end. Some quotes:

The Guardian indeed lets you read anything for free, you need to accept their tracking cookies, however. If you have an adblocker, it could interfere in the functionality of the site.


What plastic does headphones use that is not used in other stuff? Like wouldnt a handcontroller be a risk too?

Ive had a few headphones where the plastic turned weidly "sticky" and now im super paranoid lol

Are my Sennheiser 6XX screwed?

With there was a list.

The original paper is linked in the article: here; and here is the direct PDF download. In that, there is a list of tested products starting on page 37; and an overview of the substances starting on page 41.

Sennheiser 6xx is not listed as tested.
 
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Got me thinking that it would so great if they added a simple driving mode for the map. Disable all races, events, all the neon flags and festival stuff that is littered around the world... just leave a clean, empty map that one can drive around in to soak in the environments.
 
I’m not sure “shop puts placeholder price in” is news. No one knows what it’ll be priced except some people in T2/Rockstar, but plenty of shops are keen to get preorders in.

This just stops them from getting burned if they charge £70 for it and Rockstar prices it higher.

I still think GTAVI will be priced similarly to other AAA games. They don’t want its price to dominate the news cycle.
 
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They will all be sent to the Call of duty gulag
Might as well just rebrand Xbox as 'Call of Duty Studios', because unless you're working on CoD, or content for CoD, you're probably not a priority.

I think they will keep things going for another year or two while the new leadership works out if there is anything else they value. But after that, I expect studio closures or buy-outs.

The reality is, the margins of having studios make lots of games, even if some of those games are profitable, is smaller than just having dev and marketing resource on the one high margin game.
 
XCOM - The Bureau is better than I expected. The XCOM vibe in this game is amazing, I already reinstalled XCOM 2 to replay later next week. Any mods you guys can recommend?

I just finished a 79th run through of XCOM2, still the best game.
I use about 40 odd mods, mostly cosmetic additions like new haircuts/voice packs. Best thing to do is just browse Steam Workshop and add whatever takes your fancy.
EVAC All is pretty essential.
Show ALL Class Counts is good for info
Show Enemies and Terrain on Mission Planning can help.
There's loads though, some didn't work on my last playthrough.
 
Started up Routine today, been on my backlog since December. I had to fix the horrible gamma which rendered dark areas as grey using ReShade, but after that it's surprisingly good looking. Also the sound stage of this game is amazing, putting most AAA horror games to shame. Will post some pictures later when I'm home.
If anyone is interested in retro-scifi horror ala Alien Isolation, then deffo give Routine a look.