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Steam Deck Won’t Survive 2025 Without A Significant Upgrade. - (Original clickbait headline and not my opinion!)
  • It's not even about the lower specs, it's the optimization in general.

    My PC is a little old, but still fine for most games up to medium settings.
    But when I tried FF XVI, which is mentioned in the article, I couldn't get anything close to acceptable performance with everything turned as low as possible and looking like shit.

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    The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive
  • I got the disc version for used games too, but the sad truth is that where I live there isn't really a market for used games.

    Or, well, there is, but the prices on used discs are often barely below retail price, if you can even find a copy.

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    The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive
  • It's not like physical media makes any difference anyway these days.

    Actual disk often gets just a glorified installer, and even if it includes the entire game you're likely to have to activate it online anyway.

    The "own your games" ship has sailed long ago, unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups.

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    Loving USA Culture
  • It might help if your country isn't paranoid about such made up concepts as "cultural appropriation". :)

    Which is kinda amusing, since USA is literally made up of several different cultures.

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    Star Wars Outlaws Is A Crappy Masterpiece
  • I don't know why people are saying this is a well written article - the author seems to be bewildered that a game that looks good is bad.

    It's really not that complicated. At the end of the day it's a game and gameplay is the single most important feature.

    Just look at Breath of the Wild: it doesn't look particularly amazing, and it runs like shit on the only hardware it's available on.
    But it's the great gameplay that keeps people coming back for more.

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    Loving USA Culture
  • I mean, of course USA has culture - it's one of their most successful international exports!

    I think when people complain about lack of culture they usually mean "old" culture, since USA as a country is still relatively young.

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    UltimaDark - The Fastest Dark Mode Extension
  • Did anyone actually test how fast it is compared to Dark Reader?

    Calling yourself "the fastest" is all nice and good, but some benchmarks would be nice.

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    LLMs have a strong bias against use of African American English
  • For anyone that, like me, was confused what the hell is this language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_English

    Seems to be proper name for the kind of language a stereotypical black character in a movie would use.
    Can't say about real world, since I don't live in the USA.

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    Music concerts should get quieter
  • Yes, you will still be able to use your helmet intercom/headset.

    Earplugs will actually significantly improve your experience. It's much easier to hear everything without the constant wind noise.

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