4090 = 0.76% + 5090 = 0.37% is approx. 1.7% of the entire Steam player base. Is that true? That is a lot for such expensive hardware. How is streaming from Nvidia GeForce Now calculated? My theory is, that a good chunk of them are streaming and don’t actually own the cards. I wish GeForce Now would be listed too as a platform, at least for those who log into their Steam account in the streaming service.

As long as you have “enough” RAM and drive space, its not an issue in short term. Just save up for what is coming next until the bubble plops, as you said. However those who need it right now, have mercy with them.

Agreed. But when selling the console, most people don’t have the full picture in front of them.

Whatever happens, the biggest hurdle isn’t the price or the hardware, or even the operating system itself. The biggest hurdle are the available games that work out of the box, specifically the most popular multiplayer games. I don’t think Sony has to worry anything, because the Steam Machine is still PC hardware and that is usually more expensive than a comparable game console. Usually.

I think Deadlock might be a “launch” title to the Steam Machine. As in advertisement, not exclusivity. Maybe they open the flood gate with the launch of the Steam Machine?

Also since you mention a steam account, do you think they’re not harvesting your data so they can sell you things ( at the very least ) ? Why are you giving up on privacy?

First, I do not want Nvidia to take all my data, but I trust Valve. I do not think Valve is feeding user data into Ai and sell the data to customers. Yes, at this point this is speculation. I mean do you trust your personal information Valve or Microsoft more? This is a similar situation here, I have 0 trust in Nvidia at this point.

Point is if you’re online your activity will be monitored. If you want privacy play offline games on an offline machine, preferably on linux. Otherwise start to think about all the tools you use and if them harvesting your data is worth what you get in return

That’s not the point of my discussion. This is specifically about Nvidia, if they are spying and selling data, training their Ai with it. And I believe they do. And that would bug me. Playing games on Steam (online or offline) does not imply Valve does this what Nvidia does or is even capable of. Valve in example does not even have footage of the game I play or what I type in the private chat in example.

But streaming means they are prepared and they know. Its a decision and therefore not violating privacy, because streaming is not a privacy act.

I don’t understand what you mean by that. So you agree with me. I did not say anything changed because of Ai, and you agree on this. It is privacy infringement. But… with Ai of today, they have a huge incentive and they can actually parse and use the data. I mean is it really that unbelievable? They have the capacity to do it now, before that, they didn’t. So this changed if you ask to me.

Seeing what I play, what I play, how often, when? Basically everything. What is that not privacy at all? They can analyze every key stroke, can read what I do, which games I play, how i decide to do anything. Besides, they would see every chat I do in the games too. They can see my private Steam account in example and could analyze everything on screen. Which is usually only visible to my family or parts only to me.

Using Nvidia GeForce Now is massive privacy infringing, if we believe they do all of this. Or they could if they wanted to, you give them access at least.

So you just give up on your privacy, so a big corporation can profit of it? And you think they don’t sell the data to other Ai companies? I’m not a fan of this.

This post title has all the info I need to know. Thanks.

It doesn’t mean its 19 years in heavy production. There are several years of nothing happening.

Usually you can’t pick older versions of the game. There are cases when developers leave an older build of the game available in the Experimental tab. But that is not always the case and the developer or publisher does not have to do it. It’s not required.

The price cut is the only thing Tim cares about.

But what if the game was an update instead? The law does not cover this situation. Then owner of the original game could no longer access it, and only get the new version.

@iamthetot@piefed.ca Now it works for me too. Looks like a temporary issue. But it was an issue nonetheless, bound to some server.

Square is not obliged to give a free copy to all owners of the original game. Even if the game is no longer for sale.

But what if the game was an update instead? The law does not cover this situation. Then owner of the original game could no longer access it, and only get the new version. In example Counter Strike: Global Offensive was replaced by Counter Strike 2. To me having both versions accessible (Rockstar did that with GTA 5 too) is ideal.

My hope is, they will remove the launcher and SquareEnix account requirement. And make some further modifications to make the game Steam Deck verified.

Wow I just tested it. Game does not run anymore, and I get connection error. I have internet access, so probably the servers are shutdown. So the original game (what will be renamed to 2013 edition later) is unplayable. I just downloaded it and tested.

Microsoft trained people into believing that updates are dangerous.

Such an advice can only come from a Windows user…