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by redxdev 5y ago
Didn't fortnite remove loot boxes in 2019? https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/01/fortnite-puts-an-end-... There's still something to be said about the addictive nature of microtransactions, but loo
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by redxdev 5y ago
Fair enough. If you're working on smaller projects I totally understand where you're coming from. Unreal's workflows are very much built with an eye towards large teams/AAA where there's a very hard division between
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by redxdev 5y ago
Because they aren't meant for you (assuming you're an engineer). They're meant for level scripting, simple prototyping, stringing together systems written in lower level (C++) code, and beginners. They absolutely don't s
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by redxdev 5y ago
There's a question of whether newer generations of consoles count as having different app stores, which would change those numbers. Does having a different store platform make it count separately? Does having a new generation of device
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by redxdev 5y ago
> It's not and it does matter I was mistaken - you're right that you can't keep app data. It still doesn't matter because they already have easier ways of running whatever code they want on phones with Google play. &g
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by redxdev 5y ago
> Sure they can't. Data is lost. I believe it's possible to keep an app's data on uninstall. It's not the default behavior, but that doesn't really matter in this case. > Much harder for Google (or anyone lega
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by redxdev 5y ago
Re: 1 - Sure they can. The play store has the ability to both uninstall and install apps without direct user input. Even if the OS itself blocks updating an app with a different key, it doesn't block uninstalling and then reinstalling
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by redxdev 5y ago
> consoles make no such guarantee. Some years after the next gen becomes current gen, they will leave no option to submit previous generation titles. Both in a physical (stop accepting submissions) and marketing sense (less updates to ol
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by redxdev 5y ago
> do people care? The problem with this line of reasoning is that said companies might not have even thought about trying to do something with those platforms because it was assumed impossible, and they didn't want to go through the
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by redxdev 5y ago
The argument is that things should be different for a platform that isn't easily substituted. EGS is easily substituted for Steam because there are no barriers to which store you use on PC aside from installing a new one, and using mul
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by redxdev 5y ago
> I can’t sell my own Fortnite skins, for example. If I wanted to access the Fortnite user base I have to use the Epic Game Store. You're right - and Epic isn't arguing that they have to be let on to the App Store, except in
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by redxdev 5y ago
Because EGS isn't the only store on the platform - if you can't sell through their store you can go elsewhere (or DIY it). They aren't obligated to sell your products, but you also aren't obligated to sell via their stor
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by redxdev 5y ago
> I'm not following. You can literally just go to a Best Buy and gaze at lots of different phone models to see for yourself. It's very realistic. I agree with you here - this is a bad comparison, it's incredibly easy to ju
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by redxdev 5y ago
Is it though? Tile seems to do the exact same thing according to https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/how-it-works (see "Notify When Found") I don't have one so I can't conclusively say either way, but
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by redxdev 6y ago
There's an inherent issue with doing that while still being safe: what if there's still a reference to your "big object" somewhere? The only way for the runtime to know for certain it's safe to delete the object is
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by redxdev 6y ago
If you're using IronPython then you're probably just trying to embed a familiar scripting language into something, not trying to adopt the Python ecosystem. Besides, while you lose out on Python's native ecosystem you gain ac
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by redxdev 6y ago
From what I can tell Epic has two (three, depending on how you count) main arguments against Google. The first is what you mentioned - that they _do_ have the option of sideloading an app like Fortnite. The problem being that they lose out
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by redxdev 6y ago
The team that works on the mainline Elder Scrolls games hasn't so much as touched MMO or GAAS games - they've been working on Starfield which we know next to nothing about, but there's been no indication it's an online g
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by redxdev 6y ago
Browsers largely aren't taking advantage of native UI frameworks (aside maybe from the window chrome and basic controls). Aside from the minimum required to get an OpenGL context (or whatever graphics tech) onto the screen they don&#x2
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by redxdev 6y ago
It's not evidence of anything because it's possible Facebook's ability to subvert elections could have been even more damaging if it were controlled directly by a foreign power.
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by redxdev 6y ago
Even if that's true (I haven't seen any reports about Tencent pushing their investments to join the case), it's almost as if it'd benefit a lot of companies to not have to deal with Apple's restrictions. I'll a
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by redxdev 6y ago
Christ, what is with people thinking Tencent is behind Epic? They don't have a majority stake in Epic - Tim Sweeney does. There's zero evidence that anything Epic has done and is doing is driven by Tencent. Maybe argue about what
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by redxdev 6y ago
The reasoning is that the internal design of devices like phones/tablets/etc cannot take self-repair into account when the priorities of most manufacturers these days are to make them small and light (not to mention things like wa
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by redxdev 6y ago
I'm not sure if Epic requires you to use their payment processor for IAPs, but even if they do it's not hypocritical in the slightest. The Epic Store isn't the only realistic way to sell a game/app/whatever on PC. T
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by redxdev 6y ago
Oops, minor correction - UWP apps can only use 1GB of RAM on Xbox, not 2 (among other limitations).
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by redxdev 6y ago
> you can’t buy a productivity app for your XBOX. I have no idea why you'd want to, but you can... UWP apps run just fine on Xbox and can be sold via the store - they just don't get access to the "exclusive" partition
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by redxdev 6y ago
Sure, but that assumes your phone is in warranty and your manufacturer will actually fix it in a reasonable amount of time. Even if they do, it's way easier to just replace the cable. The best option for a connector is for the easiest-
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by redxdev 6y ago
Ah yep, I glossed over that somehow. My point stands, though - despite the misusage of the word anonymous there's a real difference between how facebook treats identity and how reddit does. And it massively affects how communities in b
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by redxdev 6y ago
The problem with being on the outside of the industry (or not being a gamer) and looking into it is that most of the social media and news presence is around the big name multiplayer and blockbuster titles. That doesn't mean story-focu
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by redxdev 6y ago
Anonymous is probably the wrong term, but I'm not sure there's a better one. I think the point is that there's a distinct disconnect between your profile on Reddit (and any other sites you share the username with) and your ph

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