September 2025 PCG Article Discussion

[neogunhero]

Can you imagine Apple doing a product reveal where nothing about the product actually worked. Now that I think about it, I can't imagine anyone doing a product reveal like that. Zuckerberg is the luckiest person alive. He makes a lot of horrible decisions (like the metaverse), yet his social media sites just keep bringing in the cash.

With Apple it's a lot easier to pull these presentations off I believe. They make basically the same thing every year, the things that take a few more years between iterations are still similar to the last one (AirPods 1 vs 2 vs 3 are all very small incremental changes coming out years apart), and they probably QA test and run through the presentation countless times before the main event. Zuckerberg seems a lot more haphazard with his choices. That whole event seemed like it was planned a week prior.

 

[Zed Clampet]

With Apple it's a lot easier to pull these presentations off I believe.

They come out with brand new things occasionally, like the VR/AR headset and the Apple watch.

 

[Zloth]

Yakuza fans smell blood in the water as RGG studio accidentally puts the words 'Kiwami 3' on its website

Which could mean anything.

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Kiwami 3 needs to use the updated engine to maximize the games potential, but then that risks the "new" series being all over the place gameplay and technical wise.

3 was not good. The combat wasn't as fun (enemies blocked way too much) and the main story wasn't fun. If they're asking me, I would say they should re-do 3, 4, and 5 in such a way that 6 still makes sense.

This whole event is hilarious. All the technical hiccups aside, the wearable AI glasses just make you look like a dweeb.

But... we are dweebs! However we look, that's what dweebs look like. If we change how we look, the definition of what dweebs look like changes to match.

 

[Zed Clampet]

3 was not good. The combat wasn't as fun (enemies blocked way too much) and the main story wasn't fun. If they're asking me, I would say they should re-do 3, 4, and 5 in such a way that 6 still makes sense.

But... we are dweebs! However we look, that's what dweebs look like. If we change how we look, the definition of what dweebs look like changes to match.

Is Santa a dweeb? I look like a hobo version of Santa

 

[Zed Clampet]

Nintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuit

Come on, man.

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"...part of Pocketpair's defense against Nintendo's lawsuit aims to invalidate Nintendo's patent claims based on the existence of prior art in mods."

POCKETPAIR is doing it! They may actually be taking them down!

 

[Pifanjr]

Congress calls Gabe Newell, Twitch and Discord CEOs to testify in wake of Charlie Kirk shooting

At a hearing this October.

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This article makes it seem like these CEO's are required to appear before congress, but from what I understand they've only been invited and can choose not to attend. I wonder how many of them will actually show up.

 

[neogunhero]

3 was not good. The combat wasn't as fun (enemies blocked way too much) and the main story wasn't fun. If they're asking me, I would say they should re-do 3, 4, and 5 in such a way that 6 still makes sense.

Agreed. The combat was so annoying... people call it Blockuza for a reason. Enemy AI was at its worst here. Since they already have the HD remasters for 3-5, I think they should just give those existing versions a bit more love and fix some basic QoL and minor annoyances like the constant blocking rather than make a brand new Kiwami remake. I love Yakuza but at the same time I'm more excited for RGG's new stuff. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is still one of my favorite games this year.

But... we are dweebs! However we look, that's what dweebs look like. If we change how we look, the definition of what dweebs look like changes to match.

I meant dweeb in an insulting way, not an endearing way like the lovable dweebs we are! Perhaps a better word would be "idiot". You look like an idiot pausing a conversation just so you can activate your AI glasses. Should people be required to give consent before an AI records their voice? Hmmm...

Congress calls Gabe Newell, Twitch and Discord CEOs to testify in wake of Charlie Kirk shooting

At a hearing this October.

www.pcgamer.com

This article makes it seem like these CEO's are required to appear before congress, but from what I understand they've only been invited and can choose not to attend. I wonder how many of them will actually show up.

I fail to find what these CEOs really have to do with the content being published on their platforms. I could be wrong, but they aren’t the ones making the day to day decisions of the company, they have people who should be regulating that content instead. Invite those guys and see why Roblox is a hellscape for predators, not the CEO of the company who probably sits back in a throne all day counting cash.

 

[neogunhero]

Intel says Arc GPUs aren't going anywhere just yet despite the new Nvidia collaboration

Whether and how long that will remain the case is a different question.

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@BeardyHat your Intel stock must be looking reeeaaal good right now.

 

[BeardyHat]

Intel says Arc GPUs aren't going anywhere just yet despite the new Nvidia collaboration

Whether and how long that will remain the case is a different question.

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@BeardyHat your Intel stock must be looking reeeaaal good right now.

Intel is blowing smoke, I bet. That said, I do wonder if they can use some of Nvidias architecture to help out with Arc or something.

Intel stock overall is down this morning 😆

 

[neogunhero]

Intel is blowing smoke, I bet. That said, I do wonder if they can use some of Nvidias architecture to help out with Arc or something.

Intel stock overall is down this morning 😆

I bet an Intel Arc card embedded with the full DLSS suite is incoming. Nvidia wouldn’t give them money and not have any say in future hardware design.

 

[BeardyHat]

I bet an Intel Arc card embedded with the full DLSS suite is incoming. Nvidia wouldn’t give them money and not have any say in future hardware design.

I mean, who knows at this point. Based on current reporting on PC Gamer, it seems like it may have done to appease Great and Glorious Leader, so who knows.

The Trump administration may have had a hand in the Nvidia/Intel partnership, whether directly or indirectly, despite Jensen's claims to the contrary

An artful deal, perhaps?

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[Pifanjr]

The Subnautica 2 lawsuit is getting even messier, with Krafton doing a massive U-turn, confusing both the ousted founders' lawyer and the judge: 'This is a little bit bewildering'

One of its key claims, that the founders were terminated because they wanted to release Subnautica 2 before it was ready, has been dropped.

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This sounds to me like the founders were right and Krafton indeed fired them to prevent them from getting the 250 million bonus, since Krafton cannot provide evidence that the game wasn't ready yet.

 

[Zloth]

The Subnautica 2 lawsuit is getting even messier, with Krafton doing a massive U-turn, confusing both the ousted founders' lawyer and the judge: 'This is a little bit bewildering'

One of its key claims, that the founders were terminated because they wanted to release Subnautica 2 before it was ready, has been dropped.

www.pcgamer.com

This sounds to me like the founders were right and Krafton indeed fired them to prevent them from getting the 250 million bonus, since Krafton cannot provide evidence that the game wasn't ready yet.

Sounds like it's time for one of those 'nobody at fault - details not disclosed' out of court settlements where Krafton coughs up most (but not all) of the 250 million.