DekuRatchet7733 ezst036 said: Sony takes disc support away. Valve adds disc support. Well said. Reply
TerryLaze ezst036 said: Sony takes disc support away. Valve adds disc support. Sony is stopping releasing games on discs which steam has stopped doing since 2011. They make a point of this in the article even, the user wanted to play an old steam game they had on disc. If you are going to throw around accusations make sure they are real. Reply
bit_user I just like seeing optical drives get more use on Linux, so that the code stays well-maintained. AI is finding lots of bugs in old code, and if nobody is using it, then the kernel maintainers would rather just get rid of it and not bother having to fix it. Reply
derekullo Epic Games: Curse that Valve for being so consumer friendly! And their Steam library is just too big! https://y.getyarn.io/ecfd0544-2e7f-4b69-af01-2d55197faebe_text.gif Reply
bit_user derekullo said: Epic Games: Curse that Valve for being so consumer friendly! And their Steam library is just too big! But Valve taxes game developers like 30% for sales on Steam, which seems awfully high. How much does Epic take? Edit: Not sure if this is current, but Epic's take is 12% and you get 100% of in-app purchases (if using a 3rd party provider). Elsewhere, I saw they offer a discount for games using Unreal Engine, but I don't know if that's still a thing. https://store.epicgames.com/news/epic-games-store-launches-self-publishing-tools-for-game-developers-and-publishers Reply
derekullo bit_user said: But Valve taxes game developers like 30% for sales on Steam, which seems awfully high. How much does Epic take? Friendliness doesn't come cheap lol Reply
bit_user derekullo said: Friendliness doesn't come cheap lol It feels like the ebay business model, where you dominate the market so that sellers basically have no choice but to use your platform. Then, squeeze sellers as much as you want, because where else are they going to go? Reply
Cyber_Akuma TerryLaze said: Sony is stopping releasing games on discs which steam has stopped doing since 2011. They make a point of this in the article even, the user wanted to play an old steam game they had on disc. If you are going to throw around accusations make sure they are real. How about the 2021 game I installed off disk on Steam? That was pretty real: a/jNuxKVH View: https://imgur.com/a/jNuxKVH Reply
redshirtwookiee While this is cool in many respects, wouldn't it be more power efficient to rip the movie to a file then play it back in a media app like Bigscreen or smth like that? I'd be interested to see how much battery life using an ODD uses and how much it shrinks the battery life of the frame. Reply
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