Is the windows version worth using yet?

Or is it still just a store tacked on to the unreal engine launcher?

I got a PS5 a year ago after not having any console since the n64, and there is probably a lifetime of good games that I can pick up on deep sale without buying anything full price

I’m old and don’t play that often anymore

The consoles are where people spend the most money, they don’t need the largest install base to be more profitable than PC

I grew up in New Zealand and any game Australia banned was effectively banned there also since we were bundled in as the same market

Australia is quite conservative and never liked violent video games

If you know you are going to buy it regardless why not just do it now

People can cancel if they see gameplay they don’t like

Or perhaps they promise the purchasing company something they cannot deliver on time and companies like Netflix are less understanding to bloating budgets

Why do you think it was pre rendered?, they typically use in engine footage

It will be on YouTube same day, some people dramatic / feel entitled

They treat the Japanese well and sell at discounted prices

GTA5 broke records before online was even out but online became popular also

A company focusing on the most popular part of their business is essentially what they have to do, it wasn’t just that whales spent money it just became far more popular than any single player dlc would be

GTA6 hasn’t taken much longer than similar games, it just takes that much time to achieve these days

I am sure GTA will buck the trend

Happy to help you through it

No need to pay me, I am in UK Timezone if that matters

The main thing is that even if you shift to a more exclusive business model and charge more people will just borrow to get your new thing because it is more expensive

Nobody will be talking about any of this in a year anyway and it will be accepted as what is normal

Nintendo already did it and nobody cares anymore

If everyone keeps bragging about piracy devs will gravitate to consoles where it’s harder

Considering digital games are the same price as physical currently they could do it as a free service

Well offer PlayStation money for the studio and see if they say yes

No point telling us until you are in a position to do something

Well it is, but the writing is also on the wall, computer hardware increases will have more of an impact than consoles which are subsidised

I don’t think it out of the question that to play the newest game on PC your only option will be to stream it from PlayStation or xbox as that will work on cheaper hardware that more people have

At that point the piracy backup goes out the window

You understand that all this talk of piracy will just ensure that developers only target consoles in the future like they used to right?

It may be relatively strong sales in PC right now but I am sure they will collectively cut that off and you will be left with indie releases on GOG

This has all been the case on PC for a long time and there isn’t much complaining over there

I already buy everything digitally so don’t mind that much personally, would be nice if they committed to long term backwards compatibility though