Why Steam Is Still King - TechLinked Oct. 17, 2023

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STEAM’S EPIC LEAD

Steam talked about not selling ad space so that indies like Dave the Diver can pop off

https://www.gamesradar.com/we-dont-think-steam-should-be-pay-to-win-valve-explains-how-games-we-wouldve-never-predicted-pop-off-so-hard/

https://youtu.be/qkmAqBvUBOw

slide 5, 6, 7 https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/steamworks_docs/english/SteamVisibility102023.pdf

Dave the Diver https://youtu.be/p85VHMpE0to?t=26

which is good, given Epic Games’ financial troubles lately causing them to drop Bandcamp https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bandcamp-dismisses-50-of-its-staff-amid-epic-games-mass-layoffs

although: Free games will continue https://insider-gaming.com/epic-games-free-games-program-2023/

More store improvements coming https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-detail-plans-for-epic-games-store-improvements-and-how-theyre-going-to-tempt-more-devs-from-steam

‘Now on Epic’ program gives devs 100% profit for bringing existing games to EGS

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919265/epic-games-store-now-on-older-games

https://insider-gaming.com/epic-games-free-games-program-2023/

Also, get a 30-min playable recap of Alan Wake in… Fortnite https://youtu.be/AvQuZnvOWUU

 

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF GAME

Netflix begins testing cloud gaming in U.S.

https://mobilesyrup.com/2023/10/16/netflix-testing-cloud-gaming-on-tvs-pcs-and-macs-in-the-u-s/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/16/netflixs-cloud-gaming-service-begins-tests-in-u-s/?guccounter=1

Hit shows into games https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-deepens-videogame-push-ripping-page-from-its-hollywood-script-40a8d72c

Crab game https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782210/Crab_Game/

https://www.engadget.com/netflix-will-reportedly-turn-more-of-its-hit-shows-into-games-230944708.html

But also GTA? https://mashable.com/article/netflix-looking-to-develop-gta-game

 

THE FUTURE IS NOW

Battlefield 2042 might be redeemed

https://gamerant.com/battlefield-2042-launch-player-count-surpassed-new-record/

https://www.gamesradar.com/almost-2-years-after-launch-battlefield-2042-completes-its-redemption-as-player-count-returns-to-launch-high-levels/

got a free weekend https://wccftech.com/battlefield-2042-free-to-play-weekend-season-6/

people noticed it’s been good since approximately March https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-the-thing-battlefield-2042-is-really-good-now/

plus didn’t fall victim to the AMD anti-lag ban-hammering

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/amds-anti-lag-feature-is-wreaking-havoc-for-counter-strike-2-apex-legends-and-call-of-duty-players

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-pulls-drivers-that-cause-counter-strike-2-bans-after-valve-roasted-them

 

QUICK SAVES

 

N64K

Analogue making 4K N64

https://www.ign.com/articles/analogue-3d-announced-enhanced-console-will-play-every-n64-game-in-4k

https://www.analogue.co/3d

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/10/analogues-hardware-emulated-nintendo-64-fpga-console-will-arrive-in-2024/

 

WHAT A WONDER-FUL WORLD 1

Super Mario Bros Wonder leaks

https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-wonder-switch-nintendo-leak-emulation-1850930086

People care about Mario spoilers https://www.eurogamer.net/super-mario-bros-wonder-leaks-online

Why https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/177jnaf/comment/k4tiuk0/

Gameplay spoilers

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/177jnaf/comment/k4ts72n

mods

https://twitter.com/ContendoYT/status/1714063251921646063

https://twitter.com/Mewxrealitygod/status/1714107787414774046

 

A VIRTUAL GOLD MINE

Minecraft first game to hit 300 million copies sold

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/minecraft-crosses-300-million-sales-ahead-of-15th-anniversary

gets the Star Wars game everyone wants as a DLC

https://www.starwars.com/news/minecraft-star-wars-path-of-the-jedi

 

GOOD GAME

Spider-Man 2 reviews are out and it’s good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fVYKsEmuRo

2001 Spider-Man 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_2:_Enter_Electro

2004 Spider-Man 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_2

2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_2

1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(handheld_video_game)#The_Amazing_Spider-Man_2

91 on Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/game/marvels-spider-man-2/

Combines Miles and Peter’s stories https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23910756/spider-man-2-review-insomniac-release-date-ps5

Fast travel is smooth as heck https://twitter.com/Okami13_/status/1713935229709086942

^ and you can… pretty much fly? @0:20

 

BAD GAME

Skull Island: Rise of Kong is absolutely not worth $50

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gollum-redeemed-new-king-kong-game-called-a-complete-scam/

https://twitter.com/RickDaSquirrel/status/1714014780346806395

https://twitter.com/RickDaSquirrel/status/1714004747848405465

MKIceAndFire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295GeNfbhFg

Worse than Gollum, 2023’s worst-reviewed game

https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum/

apology https://twitter.com/GollumGame/status/1662124108614717448

 

[maplepants]

 For a long time I've mostly disliked Steam, finding it to be annoying DRM more than anything. Because I basically just play single player offline games the "community" features aren't an advantage to me.

 

That said, big picture and remote play have really turned that around for me. Instead of begrudgingly buying games on Steam, for the past year or so I've been only buying them on Steam.