@gamingonlinux now that is good timing

@gamingonlinux interesting distribution of sources, a quick estimate says it's something like ~350 members at $10/m or less, plus about $2,500/m for everyone else, so $6,000/m from individuals and $19,000/m from 9 sponsors.

@gamingonlinux that's really cool!

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Hummmm... I wonder if this drive will still work after it's warranty 🤔

After all, their NAS hard drives put themselves on warning after 3 years, even when they are still good ! Not a good thing for them.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759368/western-digital-three-years-warning-synology-nas

@gamingonlinux in case you don’t want to keep your data

The more I think on it, the worse it sounds. How exactly are they tracking installs? We need it to be clear on what they're tracking, otherwise that's a big privacy red flag.

And how accurate will it be? What about pirated installs? Charity keys? Etc. So many bits unclear.

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This seems like a really clumsy way to go about things. Including the fact that nobody agreed to these terms when their game was created.

#gaming

*Article updated with some added clarifications for you.

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Yeah one of the best Linux promoters currently! Steam

@gamingonlinux I remember thinking it probably wouldn't last - who didn't like those big PC game retail boxes?

Now that I'm older and surrounded by other junk, I'm quite happy the digital delivery worked out for Steam.

@gamingonlinux This means HL2’s quickly approaching being able to buy its own beer in the US. Half Life 2 can’t be almost 20 years old now, oh my god.

@gamingonlinux as usual, parasitic investment groups ruin an entire industry. The entire gaming sector seems to be stuck in a death spiral.

@gamingonlinux They were approached with offers, so if those offers were attractive, anyone would consider selling. It's possible they truly are in trouble, but alternatively, the layoffs were only related to the one deal that fell through (which is how they put it) and Volition, who haven't had a hit game in a decade. Their strategy is to put out a ton of game offerings like publishers used to rather than like 3 games filled with MTX, so if that strategy doesn't work out, I'll be very sad.

@gamingonlinux I guess I'll buy it 😄

@gamingonlinux Picked up Deathloop & Pathfinder.

@gamingonlinux they still didn't fix the weird .desktop issue where the shortcut doesn't open steam correctly on computers with discrete GPUs... I thought that one was going to be fixed quickly.

@gamingonlinux baldur's gate 3, cities skylines and wow.

@gamingonlinux Factorio 😩

@gamingonlinux Stellaris

@gamingonlinux I have an issue with Alan wake on gog with SD. What does this picture mean?

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I have the NES port of Flying Shark, retitled Sky Shark. It's quite good, I might want to pick up this arcade-accurate version

@gamingonlinux Sweet 😍

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Speaking this emulator is exactly how you summon cats.

@gamingonlinux yes. I managed to upload media about 45mins ago but now the app gives me an error. Same for Tusky

@gamingonlinux Yep. The traffic spike fights back!

@gamingonlinux I need to go refill my copium prescription.

@gamingonlinux Deck with AR cards, like the psvita?

@gamingonlinux Anticipated Refreshed Device aka steam controller 2. How's that for a stretch?

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Now all I need is a closer remake of civ II

@gamingonlinux We are very happy to be following this development too!
Come over to discuss the latest build and everything here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/glsmac-open-source-opengl-sdl2-remaster-of-smac.681507/ :D

@gamingonlinux Great game. I would love to see an “official” remake by Firaxis. I think they tried several years ago and missed the mark.