Don’t forget that EA is saddled with 20 billion dollars of debt and it’s board is filled with vultures. As far I can see, EA is going to be gutted and sold for parts. All this talk of creative control is bullshit considering, they are banking on ‘AI’ to cut costs, which is not exactly considered to be creative. Also, I am pretty certain this bet is going to fail hard.

Yeah, EA is completely fucked.

Bullshit. There are many other PC games stores and launchers. Only reason they don’t have lot of users is because they are just not very good. In my view, Valve is not actively trying to establish any monopoly, their competition is mostly incompetent, especially EGS. Of course, I understand that if devs want their games to succeed, they have to play by Valve’s rules, but let’s face it, that’s where customers are. This is not by some trickery of Valve. It’s because Valve happens to be very pro-consumer. So, I don’t agree with the assertion that Steam is a monopoly.

Epic games store could have been great and yet, Epic’s disdain for gamers has caused it to fail. Now EGS is just a glorified Fortnite launcher for the most part.

I am not saying that Steam or even Valve is perfect. They are not. They are just leagues better than their competition.

Me, an intellectual: same.

And failing super hard…

Honestly, I would rather have a great game later than a compromised game now.

Lol…

Good because fuck Microsoft and Windows.

He sounds delusional AF.

I love vibe coding. It separates stupid programmers like me from stupid vibe coding programmers.

I am not a good programmer, but that is purely on my own merits. I can also put effort into improving myself.

Remember when Jensen Huang was saying the same about crypto? I remember.

LLMs are just as likely to replace to people, as crypto made cryptobros rich.

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It’s these moments that make life worth living too, you know.

Thank you. That does make me feel happy.

Thank you so much. Your words mean a lot to me. I keep trying, but honestly I feel like I have run out of hope. I keep doing things, things I enjoy, like programming on projects I want to do. But, I cannot help but feel like they are all pretty useless.

Thank you. I wish I could be good at something other than naps. But, it looks like that’s not happening.

I am a pretty lonely dude, to the point that I take naps most afternoons due to my depression. But, I draw line at using some shitty LLM-driven app for ‘companionship’ or even validation.

Sure it will.

Monetization over good games? Got it.

Barista and waitresses at this cafe I am a regular at. Even a couple of chefs there. I have come to respect them and they like me, despite my many, many faults.

The original had character, but this “remastered” has no soul.