That’s not how any of this works…
The price point is static, $X for a console game.
It’s weirdly like socialism. A game like GTA knows they’ll sell a shit ton of copies for years after release. Likely on multiple console generations. All those customers subsidize each others portion of the development cost.
It’s economics of scale, the greater expected sales, the less profit margin the corporation will accept.
Niche games come with a niche tax. It’s not unique to gaming.
The performance was held at the Paradiso Grote Zaal. The venue released a statement on Sunday saying it “believed in the power of artistic freedom”.
“Music – and especially punk – is an art form that traditionally magnifies anger, discontent, and injustice without a filter,” it said.
“In a world on fire, artists sometimes choose language that sounds confrontational or violent.”
Addressing the singer’s calls for the death of IDF troops, the venue said it shared “the outrage and concern surrounding the genocidal violence taking place in Gaza” and that “Bob Vylan’s raising his voice against this is legitimate and necessary”.
Punk has always been anti-fascist because fascists and punks compete for the same follower base, and overlap is unavoidable unless one side draws a very hard line about what’s acceptable.
The fascists want to be able to say whatever they want under 1st amendment, but have always lost their shit when people say the same shit about fascists the fascists say about innumerable target demographics.
BG3 was insanely cheap tho when accounting for scale. It was easily 2-3 games worth of content for the price of 1 game.
And the reason it was able to achieve the scale it did, was people bought the shit out of it on presale.
I looked and checked, I bought it almost 3 years before it released. Because act 1 was already playable, and already the length of a regular 2020 full release.
Despite “never pre-order a digital good” being sound advice 99.99999% of the time, the studio and IP and it being 20 some years since the last entry made it able to fund its own development.
Expecting anyone else to replicate that absolute perfect storm that allowed for BG3 is just going to lead to constant dissapointment.
In 2022, the women won a court ruling against their own government. South Korea’s Supreme Court ordered the government to compensate dozens of women for the trauma they endured as “comfort women for the U.S. military,” as they were once known. The court found the government guilty of encouraging prostitution for American G.I.s to help bring in badly needed U.S. dollars for the economy and maintain ties with the United States, on which it relied for security. It also said the government forced many women to receive treatment for sexually transmitted diseases in a “systematic and violent” way.
The latest lawsuit, which was filed at a Seoul court on Friday, was the first attempt by the women to hold the U.S. military accountable. The women and their lawyers said that the U.S. military was “the real culprit” in what was a state-sponsored sex trade, even allowing comfort women inside its bases and near its field training grounds.
So, Korea forced them into sexual slavery…
And now some of the victims are suing the US government, because some women managed to get on base, and “near” a training area?
Like, it depends on the base, but for lots of them there’s not really any security. Even if the driver does have to show an ID, they rarely check everyone’s.
It’s absolutely horrible what happened to those women, but this lawsuit won’t work
Especially since Vance just threw the body on AF2 and flew it out of state
He was one of the only MAGA that wasn’t letting Epstein go, and he was all about everyone having guns
trump desperately wants people to stop talking about Epstein. And has always hated regular people being able to have guns.
I don’t think a cop accidentally shot him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump had him shot.
Especially since Vance just threw the body on AF2 and flew it out of state within 24 hours
That’s not how you handle an investigation…
Did they complain when trump voters assassinated actual sitting Dem politicians and theirfamily members a few months ago?
If not, they can go fuck right off. Because they’re obviously lying.
I’m sorry I can’t explain this in a way you’re capable of understanding, you will have to ask someone else for any further help with this or any other topic.
He said they have “freedom of speech”.
I pointed out they have “freedom of expression” and that the vast amount of shit Kirk said doesn’t meet the more rigid standards of the EU’s laws…
And you think I’m conflating things?!
I’m literally clarifying, the person conflating is the one using two legal terms from different countries interchangably.
This isn’t a philosophical debate, it’s literally what all of these words mean…
You could have at least accused me of being pedantic, at least that would have been using words correctly
No, EU has freedom of expression…
Which is why it’s “not like in the US” because it’s a different thing…
We can tell that, because the fucking words are different.
https://fra.europa.eu/en/eu-charter/article/11-freedom-expression-and-information
The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary."
Kirk advocated for violence constantly, most of what he said wouldn’t have been legal in Europe
as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,”
Let’s celebrate our freedom of speech (which isn’t even a thing in the EU) by forcing everyone to be quiet!
Funny how you also use the terrorist state of israel media
You think it’s “funny” that even Israeli media openly talks about the only reason Hamas exists is Benjamin Netenyahu?
And obviously the PA is bought off by Israel, that was the main point…
They fund two competing governments, then claim there is zero government.
If they stayed out of it, one solid unified government would emerge
Your heart might be in the right place, it’s hard to tell. But what’s clear is you don’t understand the situation.
If you don’t insult the next person so much, they might explain more. But if you just constantly spam replies at them, you’ll be lucky to get any responses before they block you.
Hamas is still the government
Hamas is not the government.
The government is the Palestinian Authority…
They’re the ones illegally being prevented from attending the UN meeting in NYC about if other countries will recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation.
Hamas are terrorists and only exist because Israel government not only smuggles them millions of dollars, they solicit those donations from countries like Qatar and Saudia Arbia…
Like, this is all widely known.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
The only reason Palestine has two governments is so Israel can play it out of both sides of their mouth, and the only reason Hamas exists is Israel’s government literally grew it.
Israel claims random civilians are Hamas leaders all the time…
There’s zero reason to believe anything that government claims.
Minimum terms before sale and preventing use as collateral on loans are two very simple pieces of legislation that would make a huge difference in wealth inequality.
Why would it be a physical impossibility? Doesn’t seem to be for me
…
For most men non-toxic men are not available for friendships
You’re openly contradicting yourself over and over and just insisting the majority of men are shit
Have fun with that I guess
a system that arbitrarily concentrates most of it on a few people
It’s not arbitrary.
And the reason it’s so much worse now is the distribution.
If one family owned a company, they’d value long term brand loyalty over quarterly profits.
With a corporate board, they all own a piece that’s easily sold, and a whole bunch of other people who don’t have “enough” already. There’s no focus on long term company health, just that the percent return increases.
That’s just not sustainable.
So large corps but up companies, run them into the ground, then sell them off. Often replacing with shitty knockoff quality products under the same brand.
A private owner can be satisfied, a board will always demand the numbers go up.
You’re acting like it’s a physical impossibility…
I played sports thru college and then joined the military, me and my friends from those periods hug when we see each other.
Nothing weird about it.
There are men who are too insecure to hug other men, which is what you replied to:
Sounds like you need better friends.
Men secure in their own masculinity don’t have any problems hugging other men. And insecure men likely have toxic traits that make them bad friends.
What?
I went to a rural school, and everyone had a “hunters education” class in like 7th grade. We never touched a gun but we could legally go hunting with a gun after.
A shit ton of kids hunt, and most ranges are fine with kids if an adult is with them too.
Like, it varies state to state, but in lots of areas it’s weird for someone to graduate highschool before shooting a gun.
But besides all that, guns aren’t difficult.
So yeah, pretty much.