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I think you misunderstood my "property" word in the context of socialism. Both in communism and socialism, owning properties for means of production, labor, etc. is generally restricted, but the difference here is that in socialism you can (generally) own your own housing. Yes, this includes banning private hospitals and private schools for profit

I never said it's a bad word, but as someone from the east, socialist sounds a bit over-the-top for just healthcare, socialism (social policies) is part of any well balanced capitalism system for me.

Random, but why is she called "socialist"? Is she going to ban capitalism (stock markets, public companies, private properties, bonds, etc.)? Or are we simply calling her socialist because she's closer to European capitalism (balanced, kept in check, regulated) rather than US capitalism?

I never claimed big = good, this was the thing I argued against initially when I implied at the fact that size doesn't matter, but you said I misinterpret you. What a weird convo we're having. Starfield is most definitely not a more enjoyable game that Factorio.

There are far better options available, customized to your palate, what you find to define quality. Whatever you think of as 'good' in games is probably better served by something outside the AAA space by something specializing in that thing (Unless you really just like big more than anything

And yet, when I ask you for examples, you refuse, because I've played thousands of games, most being indie, and I'm still trying to understand what is it that you're seeing that I don't. Indie games are great, but they will never be GTA 5, they will never have such attention to detail, innovation, wow-factor, ecetera ecetera, they're commonly just good at gameplay, but that's it. Even the Factorio I mentioned. It was more addictive than the AAA looking Satisfactory, but I actually return to Satisfactory far more often than Factorio, and that's my subconsciousness wanting it. There is just something very satisfactory about seeing your factory in such an impressive rendering, rather than just text-based (Ie. Idle games) or top-bottom 2D games.

So, again, unless you're actually capable of answering my previous question about you proving examples of which games are better than the ones I named in that category, I'll just assume you're being emotional and not really objective.

I wonder when are people going to wake up to the fact that congress likes this. The government very much hates Iran, Lebanon and Palestine but does not want to get directly involved. Israel being Israel and bombing everyone around essentially moves much of the attention and blame away from US.

This is also why US so heavily sponsors Israel. It's funny to me that people think Israel is using US when it's the other way around, it's the Israelis that are taking most of the risk and dying far more than US servicemen

Man people should really stop throwing such powerful words around. There are like what, 200 dead from those strikes? I mean sure, you could say there is ongoing genocide against...hezbollah

To be fair, 14+ years of supporting a device with software updates does not seem that bad, and the thing if I remember correctly was VERY cheap.

EDIT: Okay, I'm genuinely confused about the downvotes. Why is 14+ years of device support not good, Lemmy?

EDIT2: Okay, I see the problem now. Definitely not like phones no longer getting updates, it breaks the core functionality.

You have an emotional reason to support them. Why should anyone listen to you about them if your views are emotionally tainted and your own standard requires detached judgement?

"Your opinion is not valid because you like, not dislike what I dislike" is what this sounds like.

Alright then, tell me which open world driving+action game is better than GTA or Cyberpunk? Which RPGs are better than Buldur's gate, Elder scrolls and Kingdom Come? What other online shooters besides Battlefield, COD, Arma (besides those hero/competitive) are that popular and generally great? What about flight simulator? I'm sure there are indie studios beating Microsoft at that.

You cannot and will not convince me that AAA games are "middle of the road, mechanically stagnant". AAA studios are literally the ones inventing new stuff and pushing the bar higher up, hence the increasing time between releases. From valve's material rendering to real time lighting and ending with all kinds of misc things like TAA, texture tech, thousands of little mechanisms everyone now copies (especially from titles like Far Cry 3 that innovated alot). It has become incredibly hard to actually make a great AAA game, and logically that's respectable for anyone who accomplishes this.

Granted, sometimes the companies behind those games are very questionable, but do you really care what happens at Samsung factory?

But you don't need to secretly scratch your balls

I honestly don't understand your point. Just because the games are larger, they're worse? The things you describe are commonly not even in many indie games (Ie. Animations).

So your logic is that if the product is not 11/10, it's shit? I'm sorry that you've had such a terrible experience, but personally some of the best games I've ever played in my life were AAA games and I'm glad companies made/make them, and I'm still looking forward to games like TESV6 or new Fallout.

Also, your "quality over quantity" at the end is so out of touch due to everyone complaining about how long it takes nowadays to make AAA games. New entries used to be made in a year or two-three, now we're entering "wait a decade or two till we make the second game". To me it appears you argue from emotions, something about this industry makes you mad, and you're lashing out at the product itself.

There are many genuine thingst to be angry about, but generally saying AAA games suck? Yeah, no, on Reddit I'd say "redditors being out of touch with the world again"

Damn, I guess I'll just delete GTA games, cyberpunk, Witcher, Skyrim and others because it was just marketing