Thanks, sounds like another good extension. Waiting for chrome version.
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The PC Gaming Era | February 2019
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Thanks, sounds like another good extension. Waiting for chrome version.
I just said napking calculations and what their initial thoughts were!! I am just talking from their PR speech, even if I personally believe their profitability range is smaller (because they miscalculated costs of management the store and payment fees).
We know that Humble Bundle takes 15% to make a "decent" profit, and it doesnt have any of the extra functions that Steam has and not is not even close to the costs in servers (yes, they might have a ton of content to download, but I am sure most of their use is as key sellers).
I could see Epic being profitable at 12%.... but at what cost? If their range is lower than 5%, they would be losing potential money on each game that uses Unreal Engine when compared to Steam Store, as well as anything below 5% could be a really small RoI once you consider all the costs of maintenance and upkeep (would the money be better invested in other markets?).
IIRC, DS4 Windows is just tricks Windows into thinking it's a Xinput controller. It was fine last time I used it. However, it's not really needed anymore with Steam Input.
It *should* be possibly to go the the Steam Controller settings, select Desktop Configuration -> Browse Configs -> Templates -> Gamepad.
That basically makes your Desktop controller configuration a regular Gamepad and you should be able to use your controller everywhere without adding games to Steam.
I'm THIS close to trying out the Ace Attorney games lol. But I keep holding off by first waiting for a Wii U version, then a 3DS version, then a PS4 version, and now a Switch version haha.
Just noticed. I especially love how amazing the Ace Attorney Investigations games sound. It's such a crying shame Capcom has given up on bringing the spin off games to the West.
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Why doesn't the Ace Attorney trilogy have a release date anyways, it's supposed to release early this year.
There's a Steam release soon. :")
It does in Japan. Nothing yet for West hence why I guess no PC release date in Japan. Should be Spring, which is the release date for the PC version in Japan.
It works immediately when connected to USB-C, but I can't get it connected using bluetooth in Windows 10. :/
My Bluetooth is working fine for other devices.
I am holding the PS and Options button until the light flashes (it stops flashing after a second) and/whilst clicking on the 'Add Bluetooth or other device' window.
Ace Attorney is an instant purchase for me. I don't know why it took this long for them to hit PC.
They've also evidently given up on bringing the HD remaster of the original trilogy to the west. :V
As far as i know Epic uses AWS so we could maybe get rough idea how much it costs them to run Fortnite for example. But yeah it really is questionable how much is really worth for them to run Store.
I was mostly being facetious, but I do think GTA V was an outlier in this regard. I'd argue there's substantially less incentive to re-purchase console games on PC today compared to back in 2013, considering the next generation was just around the corner and people were tired of 8 year old technology.
But I'm curious, was that investment worth it for you? Did you do it for technical reasons and/or due to playing with friends?
So Final Fantasy XV is by far the biggest game right at 166 gbs with the 4K texture dlc? Next one I have in my library is Hitman 2 at around 110 but that's two games with great textures.
Xplane too but that's a super niche simulator
Xplane too but that's a super niche simulator
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Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh DMC is kind of fun if you just don't consider it a Devil May Cry game.
From need to do this asap so I can stop giving that Shirrako jerk youtube clicks every time I wanna listen to their music.
No, but it can collide with the Steam Input API if you're using that while playing a game via Steam. And if a game already supports Dualshock 4 having DS4 Windows running will result in double input!
So you can't pair them at all? The controller should be visible in the list of devices when you've pressed PS + Options (Edit: Share, not Options, right?)
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So it appears I completely made the wrong decision is buying this HP 690-0009 pc (https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c05996506) on black Friday in terms of being able to upgrade the gpu as the 310W PSU is custom to the system and isn't upgradeable as far as I can tell.
Short of maybe getting a new motherboard and case which seems complicated and pricey, I guess I'm stuck with the 1050 ti that came with it?
Short of maybe getting a new motherboard and case which seems complicated and pricey, I guess I'm stuck with the 1050 ti that came with it?
Nvidia should be coming out with a 1150 Ti or whatever they call it soon so thats your best bet. Otherwise yeah, a lot of manufacturer stuff is custom so its tough.
There is a lot of original music and when you're driving around you can adjust to your FF of choice so neigh.
https://www.microcenter.com/product...erclocked-triple-fan-8gb-hbm2-pcie-video-card
If you have a microcenter near you, this is competitive with the 2060.
You won't know unless you see financials. Businesses often operate areas at a loss or with no profit for years to gain market share.
Depending on how the company is structured these losses can be categorized as investments.
You all should know 2 well known companies that have done this for years and basically made it their business model as they continue to grow.
Nope I played the game through twice. At release and the royal edition on PC. You don't hear most of the soundtrack nearly enough.
That's me. Also don't care for listening to movie soundtracks outside of movies.
A 1060 shouldn't be a problem. At least one that isn't oc'd.
The main problem with that idea is that the end goal is obtaining profitability through the bigger marketshare (economies of scale) or by bullying competition to go under and finally achiving profitability. Other companies have done that to try and gain mainstream share thought before a big technological disruption event to be better prepared (what Uber is trying to do right now).
In gaming, that loss leader model has been completely fazed out after the bloodbath that was last gen. It just made no sense to lose that much money (and mostly it was just basically remodelling their hardware to be more of the shelf pieces because they finally put sensible people in front of engineering).
(but yes, forgot to add that into my thought train)
I am unsure what Epic idea is entering this market. I could see it more clearly if they had also tried to enter into the mobile market simultaneously (which I guess they tried to but no carrier decided to preinstall their shop so they dropped the idea because it would be stupid waste of money), but so far their main technical advantage would be destroyed if they later on changed it to achieve profitability (their main pitch being 12% to devs), and even if some of their costs would decrease with time (due to better technology both from servers and in payment methods), it would still be a huge investment in a small market (and even smaller benefits from games that use their engine).
I had no idea NVidia was releasing another mid tier GPU without ray tracing, so this could be great news as long as it's not much more than the 75W's that the 1050 ti uses. I'll keep an eye out for whenever it gets officially announced, thanks!
No difference in power draw. Also check reviews when the 1160 (Ti) releases (there's also a 1650 coming).
That's good to know, though looking online it appears the 1060 is 45 watts higher than the 1050 ti and I would assume my current setup is pretty close to the 310w limit?
I apologize for the questions as my pc knowledge is somewhat limited in areas like this.
Omega 2 theme for some good old FFV nostalgia
Too bad OnionSoldier took down all their videos to reupload them eventually. Their videos were extremely high quality.
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