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❗Top Gaming (General) posts of the month❗ (21 Jan 2025)

1. 🖼️ Everyone's favorite AAA company might be facing bankruptcy (direct link) (👍1276 👎16)

from Gaming (!gaming@lemmy.world)

Posted by The_Picard_Maneuver

2. 🖼️ If those devs didn't have the extra time to be creative, we might not have gotten this classic. (direct link) (👍1017 👎9)

from RetroGaming (!retrogaming@lemmy.world)

Posted by The_Picard_Maneuver

3. 📰 After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (direct link) (👍914 👎22)

from Games (!games@lemmy.world)

After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal

Nintendo's top IP lawyer agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights. The legal status of emulators is still largely untested. Nintendo shut down several emulation projects last year, including Yuzu, Citra, and Ryujinx. Nintendo knows that emulation is legal, but developers are walking a tightrope. 🖋️🤖

Posted by schnurrito

4. 🖼️ Alright you nerds, I made the jump to Linux. (direct link) (👍810 👎23)

from Linux Gaming (!linux_gaming@lemmy.world)

Posted by CatZoomies

5. 📰 We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple (direct link) (👍513 👎8)

from Games (!games@sh.itjust.works)

We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple

Court documents show that in 2024, Valve had just 336 employees. Of those 336 employees, only 79 were directly working on Steam. In terms of headcount, Valve is significantly smaller than even Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios. But in terms of how much money it makes per employee, Valve towers over the giants. 🖋️🤖

Posted by nanoUFO

6. 🖼️ Now what? (direct link) (👍423 👎6)

from Gaming (!gaming@lemmy.ml)

Posted by UltraGiGaGigantic

7. 📰 Just discovered Mini Metro, a puzzle game where you have to create metro lines. Very engaging, but also chill, and currently 50% off on Steam (direct link) (👍349 👎11)

from Patient Gamers (!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works)

Mini Metro on Steam

Build your metro exactly how you want to with the all-new Creative mode. Design subways for London, Paris, New York City, Osaka, Saint Petersburg, São Paulo, Istanbul, Auckland and many more! Each game has a unique colour theme, set of obstacles, and pace of city growth. 🖋️🤖

Posted by Blaze

8. 🖼️ Decided I would try using Steam on PopOS.. I didn't realize how long it has been since I've apparently played a steam game (direct link) (👍206 👎4)

from Linux Gaming (!linux_gaming@lemmy.ml)

Posted by LifeInMultipleChoice

9. 📰 The Last Of Us Part II will require a PSN account to play on PC, making it unplayable in over 100 countries (direct link) (👍191 👎3)

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The Last Of Us Part II will require a PSN account to play on PC, making it unplayable in over 100 countries

The Last Of Us Part II requires a PSN account to play on PC. This means the game won't go on sale in certain countries. This is despite the fact that many of these games are entirely single player. Sony's reasons for enforcing the requirement remain obscure. It seems a stupid strategy to exclude entire countries of possible sales just to enforce a DRM policy. 🖋️🤖

Posted by ZippyBot

10. 🖼️ SPEED DREAMS - It's happening, folks! 🎉 (direct link) (👍67 👎1)

from OpenSourceGames (!opensourcegames@lemmy.ml)

Posted by speed_dreams

11. 📰 Palworld - One Year and Dozens of Controversies Later (direct link) (👍10 👎4)

from Indie Gaming (!indiegaming@lemmy.world)

Posted by DukeHawthorne

Inactive communities 👻

These communities have had no posts in the last month:

Patient Gamers
- A gaming sub free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
Let's Talk About Games
- Where Am I?
Gyro Gaming
- Welcome to Gyro Gaming subreddit, where people can share their passion for Gyroscopic Controls in Video Games, such as Camera Aiming, Vehicle Steering, Typing, etc.
FPGA Gaming
- A fediverse community dedicated to gaming hardware, clone consoles, flashcarts, and other accessories based on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and similar technology. A place for engineers, developers, and FPGA gaming fans to discuss news, facilitate development, and enjoy a new passionate community!

Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

📰 60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows (direct link), posted in Patient Gamers (👍228 👎6)

60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows

A newly released game industry report by market researcher Newzoo shows that while the PC and console market grew 2.6 percent in 2023, overall playtime decreased. The top 10 games on each platform (ranked by their average number of monthly active users, or MAU) are filled with old, established titles. 🖋️🤖

Posted by ylai

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