imjustafatkid

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re: Conductor fired for telling passengers “America is the greatest country on the planet"

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:59 am to uggabugga

He was fired for stating facts?

re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:49 am to CornDogCologne

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I only care about profitability in that it creates a sustainable environment for studios to create products.

Well...Microsoft definitely gave studios that. Also, even if it ended today, 10 years is an eternity in the gaming industry. Not many things last that long.

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If they are thrust into an environment where they must produce things for limited profit so they can be packaged into a subscription service for far less than they are actually worth, that is poor management.

This obviously hasn't been the case. What we're seeing with the layoffs and studio spinoffs is many of these studios were given a blank check and have been producing nothing at all. It would be hard to defend any of the studios affected under your stated premise.

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I want to see companies like id thrive. Gamepass ensures that they will not.

The most recent Doom game just didn't perform well. I thought it was fun, but people didn't buy in to the "dark ages" thing. That's the only game they've released under Microsoft.

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I don’t mind paying 60-80 bucks per game to ensure I get a quality game like doom that I can access whenever I want. I detest the idea of paying a lesser amount per month to rent doom and lead to the failure of the studio that makes it.

id Software hasn't been shut down, so your comment makes no sense. Microsoft directed them to spend more time on their tentpole franchises and release more Doom and Quake games.

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Game pass is a shite idea and it needs to die before it kills off or neuters any other studio I care about. The only reason it was conceived was due to desperation after getting skullfricked by Sony in sales after botching the Xbox one launch terribly. One bad business decision begets another.

No studios were shut down. Since Game Pass started, Sony has closed more studios than Microsoft. If this is your metric, you should be firmly in the XBOX camp.

re: Kid tragically drowns at Horn Island. His family has now hired Ben Crump.

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:39 am to hogcard1964

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Crump involved

It's always racist when this racist is involved.

re: Thomas Massie Takes His Lying to New Levels

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:38 am to BoarEd

Meaningless Massie

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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:33 am to CornDogCologne

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Is the gamepass model profitable for the studios that have to include their high development cost products at launch date? Is it sustainable to provide all these products on a subscription based service?

COD being pulled off gamepass seems to indicate no.

The layoffs and closures seem to indicate no.

Maybe not, and if that is the case then Game Pass will likely end at some point. Or, at the very least, drastically change. That doesn't change anything I stated.

That said, June 2027 will be 10 years of Game Pass. Why would I, as a consumer, care how much money a company is making off a product it's providing? All consumers should care about is if it's worth the asking price, and it definitely has been for the entirety of that 10 years. I don't care how many Playstations or XBOXs are sold by each company. I care about who is giving me the better product. For 10 years, that's been XBOX (and Nintendo since the Switch released and got a decent game library started).

ETA: To be clear, leaks from the MS/ABK trial showed Game Pass to be profitable before that merger went through. I don't know what changed since then but Asha indicated in her post in my OP that it hasn't grown at the rate they expected. That doesn't necessarily mean it's unprofitable, but definitely means they need to adjust the model in some way to hit whatever targets they're looking for.

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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:20 am to Carson123987

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It's just like Netflix - 99% of the games on it are shite

There are definitely a lot of filler games on it. Some are bangers like Bellatro or Slay the Spire (which just left Game Pass on July 1 but was on it from the beginning of the service).

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There's no reality in which I, or any reasonable person, would pay full price for it rather than just buying the actual good games and owning them.

I would, 100%. I haven't had to due to the trick you mentioned and Microsoft/Bing Rewards, but it has definitely provided $20 a month worth of value to me. It has awesome AAA games on it all the time, and has for nearly the entirety of its existence. It is easily the best product in gaming currently.

ETA: Currently playing Visions of Mana, which hit Game Pass on day of release and I've had in my backlog. Never played any games in this series before and enjoying it so far. Definitely getting a physical copy of this one.

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re: The MoU is Officially Done

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:19 am to boosiebadazz

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Which ones are these?

You'd have to be an idiot not to know the answer to this question. Just a really stupid thing to ask.

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re: The MoU is Officially Done

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:18 am to BoarEd

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The MoU is Officially Done

I think people were correct when they said this was all a feint to provide cover for Trump to act without Congressional authority after Iran predictably broke the MOU.

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re: Did our education system ever fall completely apart like was predicted?

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:14 am to boogiewoogie1978

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When did it end?

The programs it's handling are required to be handled by the Dept Of Ed by statute. It's as shut down as is possible, legally.

re: Missing 18 year old's body found on Horn Island - and ridiculous reactions.

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:08 am to deathvalleytiger10

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This is all ridiculous and shows how stupid some in our society are.

There were hundreds of people present when these boys left due to a mechanical issue on their boat.

He was with others when they left.

How in the world did these boys end up causing harm to him when they were gone and he was with others?

If all of this is true, and there was foul play involved (by someone he stayed with when they left), these kids in these photos are still going to be blamed by these sub-90 IQ morons who can't reason beyond "yt man bad."

O-T Lounge

re: Missing 18 year old's body found on Horn Island - and ridiculous reactions.

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:05 am to teke184

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And it is also completely obvious that the black community as a whole appears to be fricking nuts.

Or very stupid. Definitely not making a case for why white people should include them in anything.

O-T Lounge

re: Did our education system ever fall completely apart like was predicted?

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:04 am to Night Vision

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Dept. of Ed hasn't been shutdown.

It's basically just handling grant and college loan programs at this point.

re: Missing 18 year old's body found on Horn Island - and ridiculous reactions.

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 9:01 am to UPT

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I don't understand the need for so many people to explain this all away with lazy suppositions. This story doesn't make sense yet.

Story made perfect sense from the moment it was announced. It's a tragedy, but also completely obvious that his friends didn't do this.

O-T Lounge

re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 8:46 am to GalvoAg

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Always amazed to see Xbox warriors after 10 years of Microsoft bending them over.

What a strange response to my comment that was entirely about Nintendo.

That said, Microsoft has had the best product on the gaming market for the last 10 years. To date, I have had Game Pass for the entirety of of its existence, while paying for only 2 years total. Game Pass + Microsoft/Bing Rewards is just about the most awesome thing a gamer could ever have asked for.

You guys slept on it, so I get why you'd be lashing out about missing out on it. Game Pass created an amazing era of gaming and completely passed you by because you mistakenly thought 1-2 decent exclusive games on Playstation was somehow a better deal.

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re: Trump fans confused how their investments in his crypto/Stock are now worth a Fraction

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 8:43 am to wookalar1013

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Are his sons selling crypto for access?

No.

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re: Get serious = victory

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 1:36 am to crimsoncoded94

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Are we really going to go into the season passively?

NIL football just isn't as interesting.

Alabama Sports Board

re: SEC media days will be held in Florida for the first time ever....

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 1:35 am to FairhopeTider

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What’s the point of media days anyway?

Great question. Pretty meaningless honestly.

SEC Rant

re: Trump fans confused how their investments in his crypto/Stock are now worth a Fraction

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/8/26 at 1:32 am to wackatimesthree

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Truly stupid.

If Biden had done the same things you would have cried like a bitch.

You know it, I know it, and everybody on this board knows it.

Nope. I honestly do not care that the president has businesses. Doesn't bother me in the least.

It's not like he's having his son sell garbage paintings to wealthy people for access.

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re: Trump fans confused how their investments in his crypto/Stock are now worth a Fraction

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/7/26 at 11:47 pm to wackatimesthree

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So your post was what I suspected. A deliberate gaslight to avoid saying something obviously stupid.

Thanks for finally manning up and just saying the stupid thing. Now we don't have to waste any more time on it.

Nope, just true.

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re: XBOX restructuring; laying off 3,200, spinning off some studios, no games canceled

Posted by imjustafatkid on 7/7/26 at 6:50 pm to j1897

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Oh brother, Nintendo is the fricking worst.

There's even a website of how shitty they are, JFC you're delusional. LINK

:lol: Not a surprising response, honestly.

What you just highlighted has more to do with the current state of copyright claims than anything to do with Nintendo. The current state of legal litigation regarding copyright infringement requires companies to file suit or pursue remedies anytime they become aware of a potential copyright infringement. If they don't diligently and aggressively do this, it can be used against them when a legitimate copyright violation occurs. This is one of those situations where lawyers have screwed things up for everyone. If you don't like it, your problem is with the legal system, not Nintendo.

I'm sure you won't believe that, so I'd recommend you look it up before responding.

ETA: Is this about to turn into a thread where I clearly state what the state of copyright law is, am right the entire time, and then get branded a Nintendo shill? Because that would be hilarious irony.