I think Ill just wait to see what it looks like on release. If you are putting stock in faith about a game you just learned might be coming out, you might need to chill
I’m sorry, but gaming isn’t a religion. To me at least. I don’t out “faith” into developers or games.
I wait for reviews and check some videos and hey, if it looks neat I’ll buy it. If it then turns out to be crap I’ll refund it. And if the same studio or franchise has turned out disappointed or bad stuff before, I need to be more impressed by reviews before considering a purchase.
The only thing I’d buy on faith is a wedding ring for a church wedding, tbh… (And I’m not in any church , so chances are low 😛)
Light No Fire has a Steam page confirming its arrival on PC, but it’s fair to assume it’ll hit Xbox Series X|S as well down the line similarly to its predecessor.
While some may consider this an omen, I firmly believe that Hello Games has learned valuable lessons about not showcasing elements they can’t deliver, and many things show in the Light No Fire trailer exist in some form in No Man’s Sky already.
This led to Hello Games being forced to expedite the development process, resulting in the unfortunate necessity to cut planned features and content in order to meet the strict release timeline.
Of recent reviews, the game now sits at an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, due in no small part to the fact all those updates have been completely and utterly free to the players.
The transformation was staggering even back then, and I found myself spending over 200 hours engaged in mining, building, and traversing the universe while contributing to the vibrant Reddit community with money-making tips.
In the years since my experience, so much has been added to the game it’s too overwhelming for me to consider a return, but for NEW players we now have underwater exploration, more planet diversity, organic and sentient starships, exo-mechs suits, haunted freighters, companions, community expeditions and settlements.
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If my games and my NVidia card worked as well on Linux as they did Windows then I’d switch my main gaming PC in a heartbeat. My work stuff all runs Linux but I ain’t interested in subpar performance and troubleshooting games when I just want to relax and not basically do more work at home.
I’m I the only person who wants the Windows OS to do less, not more? I strongly prefer a non-intrusive OS that isn’t constantly calling attention to itself with needless bullshit and distractions. MS has forgotten (or wants to ignore) the fundamental role of the OS, which is a platform for the apps we actually want to interact with to run on.
Of course this phenomenon isn’t only limited to MS Windows. Far too much software these days thinks it constantly needs to grab your attention. I’m sick of the whole “all push notifications all the time” mindset of designers.
To revise my complaining a bit, the return to one “big update” per year could be a good thing…hopefully.
No, but Windows is so entrenched that they don’t need to actually be competitive in order to keep making profit. Instead, the Windows team has to invent things nobody ever wanted or needed that they can advertise to make it look like they’re still useful. Software UX polish-passes don’t make good marketing. You can’t seriously put “you know that one weird thing that only happened to a fraction of users sporadically? we fixed it” on a marketing campaign.
You make some good points. I would be happy if they just made it faster, more reliable, and more secure (incremental improvements) and I personally don’t want or need a lot of “wow factor” out of the stupid OS. But I do understand what you’re saying. A lot of those MBAs, etc, that they hired need to justify their jobs and so on.
Trust me you want to use an online Microsoft account as your sign in for your personal PC. Are you sure? You’ll be missing out if you don’t! Trust me…
^ windows when you install it.
I mean how else will you get wicked fast search results for your apps when you push the windows key? Ha! Gotcha, first we will search the web, and slowly. Your work can wait.
Experience on Linux and Mac is way better for launching apps.
In 2023 it’s really easy now. Honestly the install process like 9 years ago was easier than windows because you got a proper Gui.
90% of shit runs in a browser now. Browsers have been fine on Linux since forever. I still game and video edit with a professional editor no problem. Just give it a whirl on a spare disk or something, I promise it will likely be painless :).
Not much to “learn” unless you have quirky hardware that doesn’t have proper drivers but most everything works out of the box these days.
According to my sources, the new Windows bosses are now returning to an annual release cycle for major versions of the Windows platform, meaning Windows is going back to having just one big feature update a year instead of multiple smaller ones throughout.
Good. Despite Windows 10 with all of its privacy issues, it’s nice to see major updates released to an OS every year rather than a new version of Windows every few years.
Eh, there’s all kinds of automatic user bahviour predicting that’s quite useful without “AI” that could be even better. For example, when I am by the local supermarket and pull up my phone and search for apps it “knows” where I am and suggests parking fee app (which I’m about to use). I can imagine this could be expanded in some unexpected ways with correlations derived from machine learning models.
It could be, but let me tell you this is absolutely the last thing I want. I want my device to do what I tell it to, nothing more and nothing less. If I want the computer to suggest me something, I damn well want to ask it first and I don’t need it gathering up all my usage behavior prior to then.
A) It’s Microsoft we’re talking about. They will 100% make everything paid and behind a subscription, or bait people in by saying it’s free and change their minds 1-2 years later
B) Nobody has the hardware to run good AI models locally (yet), so these features will all be locked behind being connected to your MS account at all times, with a probably terrible privacy policy behind it
C) Does this really have to be baked into the OS? This could’ve just been an application or an extension. Windows Copilot already exists and 99% of people are clearly not interested.
D) Guaranteed they will just keep pushing AI rather than do any decent improvements to the system. Watch their incredible new OS be Windows 10 with a new coat of paint and ads just like 11. Best they’ll do is hide the settings behind another menu, again.
These changes are said to take effect after Hudson Valley launches in 2024, so I’m still expecting at least one more Moment update for the current version of Windows 11, which sources say will ship in the February or March time frame early next year.
This means PCs that ship with Germanium in June will be missing most of the features that make up the Hudson Valley release until the fall, when it reaches general availability for everyone.
Unsurprisingly, the big focus for Hudson Valley is on next-generation AI experiences that are being woven and integrated throughout the OS, much of which will likely require new NPU hardware to function.
Microsoft is even working on “AI” powered wallpapers which will use machine learning to identify layers in any image, and create a slight parallax effect that interacts with your cursor or built-in gyroscope if on a handheld device.
This project is code-named CorePC (or Win3 in some cases), and essentially continues the vision originally set out with Core OS where the platform is modular, allowing Microsoft to scale Windows up and down depending on what features and capabilities are necessary for a device.
I have heard that Microsoft is working on a variant of CorePC / Win3 that’s designed to compete head-to-head with Chrome OS in the low-end segment of the PC market, but this is unrelated to Hudson Valley.
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Yeah, speaking as an electronics engineer who’s going through a new product release at work, swapping the screen to a different model, never mind a new display technology, means dealing with slightly different MIPI and TCP ribbon cable layouts. Unless you have a separate screen adapter PCB daughter board, that means redoing the track layout on the main board.
So yeah, it sucks a bit for the consumer but it’s expected. I’d imagine Valve’s engineers tried very hard to find an OLED screen that would work as a drop in replacement. At least they’re not making promises they can’t keep, which happens a lot: Companies often lie through omission on their spec sheets.
To me it sounds like it would take having a driver board that can run a different display (and is compatible with the rest of the Deck hardware). Some systems do this by having a ribbon cable from mainboard to the driver board then on to the display
Following a relatively short wait for a mid-generation refresh, the recent Steam Deck OLED announcement details better battery life, lighter overall weight, and all the visual enhancements that come with this modern display tech.
Contrary to the company’s original statements of being “harder than you think” to step away from its traditional 7-inch LCD screen, it seems that graduating the Steam Deck to an OLED alternative was a higher priority for Valve than initially implied.
Self-installed improvements began to surface shortly after the Steam Deck launched, primarily to expand the storage of the affordable entry-level 64GB with an M.2 2230 solid-state hard drive like the Sabrent Rocket, generally up to 1TB (1,000GB.)
With a bit of careful DIY, it is possible to increase the storage capacity and cooling performance of a day-one model, alongside replacing the Steam Deck’s LCD screen without destroying it in the process.
However, current owners of a first-edition thinking about upgrading their screen to create a homemade Steam Deck OLED are so far out of luck, as Valve’s Product Designer Lawrence Yang pointed out on X (previously Twitter.)
The concept of engineers painstakingly selecting each component inside the Steam Deck to maximize efficiency and prevent overheating is primarily why Valve advised against oversized SSD replacements in the first place.
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I’m sure it’ll lie about US actions during the war, just like when they blamed the Highway of Death on the Soviets. COD literally has to get permission from the US government to feature US military equipment, they’re definitely exercising some editorial control in exchange for that. COD is propaganda, and nothing but.
The program has been reducing the amount of points you could earn for a while now. It very well may be just moving the points you can earn in the rewards app to an Xbox app but I can see those points disappearing at some point.
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