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Lammasu posted:Kind of off topic but why does valve make so few video games? It sucks too because Half-Life 2 is not actually finished yet. Episode 2 ends on a cliff hanger with a promise of Half-Life 3 on the way, but it was canceled. I dunno, maybe Half-Life 2 didn't sell as well as I thought it did, and so Valve couldn't justify a sequel and finishing the storyline, but Half-Life 1 is one of my favorite video games ever.
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Half-Life 3 was in development at one point... as a roguelite with procgen levels. It's probably for the best that it had a bullet put in it alongside the open-world base-builder version of Left 4 Dead 3.
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They also had an outsourced Episode 4 in the works, alongside Episode 3 that was in the works internally. Steam means Valve doesn't have to develop games, and developing games has less potential return than improving anything for Stream.
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Rocket Pan posted:The charge kits don't really conflict with any colour, though. The battery stays inside and you can just get a yellow USB C cable, the battery charges the same.  I got this one:  Which looks pretty ugly on a yellow backplate.
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Indeed you got the very much the wrong one. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/batteries-chargers/play-and-charge-kit https://www.gamestop.com/gaming-acc...t/11108370.html First party Xbox rechargeable batteries do not replace the door, they use the controller through the USB C. That's why there's an extra set of pins in the battery enclosure. Rocket Pan fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Jun 20, 2022 |
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Jun 20, 2022 10:11
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Was there a recent update for the Xbox controller that dramatically improved battery life? The past month or so I seem to get way more mileage from a full charge than I used to.
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Jun 20, 2022 11:08
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I just use rechargable AAs.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Was there a recent update for the Xbox controller that dramatically improved battery life? The past month or so I seem to get way more mileage from a full charge than I used to. I don't think so, and if there was I think they would be shouting about it from the rooftops.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Was there a recent update for the Xbox controller that dramatically improved battery life? The past month or so I seem to get way more mileage from a full charge than I used to. No. I haven't updated my Xbox Controller in months, just launched the Xbox Accessories-App on my PC: No firmware update available.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Was there a recent update for the Xbox controller that dramatically improved battery life? The past month or so I seem to get way more mileage from a full charge than I used to. Maybe you're not playing as much as before. Although I have noticed the same thing and mentioned this recently to my spouse.
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Rocket Pan posted:Indeed you got the very much the wrong one. There’s a gamestop brand too that uses the USB port.
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Been wild seeing Valve learn in real time that people don't want a headset they want A Faster Switch
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Criss-cross posted:They also had an outsourced Episode 4 in the works, alongside Episode 3 that was in the works internally. Half Life is also just a million miles away from where the FPS genre is today. If they try to make a sequel either people will complain that it plays like a 15 year old game, or they'll complain that it doesn't feel like Half Life. Thats why the last game was Alyx: Valve are capable of doing more half life if it means doing something new and interesting.
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Lammasu posted:Kind of off topic but why does valve make so few video games? Valve's product is Steam, not video games. They just happen to make some every so often to prop up a new technology like a new game engine or VR headset. Even the Deck is a product meant to get Steam into more people's hands.
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also they don't really have many game developers anymore. They used to, but a lot of them slowly went insane doing nothing all day and left lol.
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Soul Glo posted:Valve's product is Steam, not video games. They just happen to make some every so often to prop up a new technology like a new game engine or VR headset. It's part that and also part where they don't want to release a game unless it does something completely new, they are developing stuff internally all the time that just gets scrapped for not being interesting enough. Nintendo does the same thing, like Splatoon started life as some features from a scrapped Mario Gamecube game or something.
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Senator Drinksalot posted:It's part that and also part where they don't want to release a game unless it does something completely new, they are developing stuff internally all the time that just gets scrapped for not being interesting enough. Nintendo does the same thing, like Splatoon started life as some features from a scrapped Mario Gamecube game or something. Mario Sunshine came out, it just sucked
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Actually a bunch of games used stuff from that project, Metroid Prime, Pikmin, Sunshine, Twilight Princess and Galaxy
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Soul Glo posted:Even the Deck is a product meant to get Steam into more people's hands. And it's definitely having its intended effect on me. I'm not into PC gaming at all but if I could have a lighter version with a better battery, that I could put in a dock like a Switch? Have Windows on there for cloud streaming on the go and emulation? Have a Steam library that includes PlayStation first party games? I'm shaking just thinking about it.
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TheScott2K posted:Been wild seeing Valve learn in real time that people don't want a headset they want A Faster Switch They did / do want a headset though. The index sold really well and was always sold out. The regular index is still out of stock. 
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TheScott2K posted:Been wild seeing Valve learn in real time that people don't want a headset they want A Faster Switch If only there was a disparaging nickname for the Steam Deck which implied it was a product of low quality
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Feels Villeneuve posted:If only there was a disparaging nickname for the Steam Deck which implied it was a product of low quality they could call it “the PlayStation 5”
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Quantum of Phallus posted:they could call it “the PlayStation 5” Don't sign your posts!!!
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I have enough points for a month of Game Pass, are there any value shenanigans to pull as far as like, "pay for X in dollars and X in points and it turns out cheaper" or just turn in the 12k points and be happy having turned it into $15? I wish they let you just do the Xbox/No PC/No Gold pass for 7k like they do PC Pass, but I guess a lot of people do (which is why they don't let you).
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$150 for a year of ultimate is kind of asking a lot imo, I probably wouldn't bother
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It's pretty easy to do the gold conversion. I got 3 years of ultimate for 70 dollars.
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Soul Glo posted:Mario Sunshine came out, it just sucked One of the worst takes yet.
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Fall guys is out tomorrow on xbox if anyone is interested in that. Seems fun to play with friends.
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Larry Parrish posted:One of the worst takes yet. You should really try playing it again now, presumably, that you aren’t a child. It’s literally the worst made Mario game, maybe one of the worst made Nintendo games, period. It’s a glitchy mess, terrible feeling to control, just poop from a butt.
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terrible to control and glitchy are the last things I’d describe sunshine even with its problems, I think you’re mixing it up with these Xbox games
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True, Microsoft has not made a good game since the OG Xbox
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How long until gamepass gets Netflixed and the only Good stuff is owned by ms, and then the ms stuff doesn’t have to be as good because it’s all meant to be consumed as part of a subscription and not purchased
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About five more years
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:How long until gamepass gets Netflixed and the only
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Oh no only reality show games 
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priznat posted:Oh no only reality show games Peggle 3 and it has a gacha system to get new characters
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Senator Drinksalot posted:True, Microsoft has not made a good game since the OG Xbox Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a top-ten best game of all time.
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priznat posted:Oh no only reality show games Would legitimately love to see a revival of 1 vs. 100
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Xbox 1 v 100 and Xbox uno came from a more innocent age
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I loved xbox uno, that was super fun. That was on the 360 though, I think on the One they added camera support and people kept showing their dicks on it? smdh
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