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RPATDO_LAMD posted:Does this count as game industry? Are there any joy-con actions taking place in other parts of the world?
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I don't believe there was actually a lawsuit between Lego and the Maori Tribes, there was a threat of a lawsuit but they came to an agreement that Lego would stop using Polynesian names in future before it ever went to court, and the words in question were changed for future releases to just vaguely Polynesian-sounding words instead of actual preexisting names.
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Absolutely. It seems (and this is all speculation) like Sony's being deliberately obstructionist right now when it comes to making deals with MS over Activision games because doing so would weaken any argument they can make to the regulators against the merger, so MS hitting up Nintendo circumvents that and lets them undercut Sony's 'we don't know that they'll make deals!' argument. It's also a relatively easy deal to make because of the ongoing research that says that by and large Nintendo doesn't actually compete with XBox the same way Sony does in terms of consumer purchases, people never buy a Switch instead of an XBox. So this expands the market share of the games and gives MS a whole bunch of goodwill at no real loss. (Except for future call of duty devs tearing their hair out to build the downgraded versions) MikeJF fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Feb 21, 2023 |
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One of the other potential applications of AI in gaming is voice to voice transfer. Basically, a single person can record generic lines for your low grade NPCs, shopkeeps, guards, etc, and then AI can shift that into a different 'voice' for every NPC, across the full range of age or gender, voice tone, speed, while using the original as the blueprint means that pronunciation and emphasis and affect remains. It's not huge but it helps avoid you recognising everyone saying 'hello' with the same voice clip. Some places will probably also end up applying it to the whole game including major characters and save money by having one voice actor record every line in the game and at shifting them all. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 10:20 on Feb 27, 2023 |
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This comic is 12 years old and Microsoft, at least, is still 100% spot on.
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:I mean even if they did (Wii got a COD or two at some point, right?) presumably they wouldn't come up unless they currently had a COD game, it's not like the regulators would be like "oh no if we let you merge you'll keep not-releasing on the same platform you're not-releasing on" Don't forget that they announced that a month ago, obviously to take some pressure off the deal. “Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players – the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity – so they can experience Call of Duty just as Xbox and PlayStation gamers enjoy Call of Duty. We are committed to providing long term equal access to Call of Duty to other gaming platforms, bringing more choice to more players and more competition to the gaming market.” Almost certainly via game streaming, but still, it is happening. Ghost Leviathan posted:It's an interesting case because Call of Duty is literally the entirety of what video games are for a lot of people- they buy a console exclusively to play it. And it's been like that since at least the PS3/360 era, two generations ago now. Having that as a console exclusive would be something Microsoft- or Sony- would be crazy NOT to pursue, by capitalist logic. (Or mercantilist) Microsoft is almost certainly going to use it as a GamePass subscription hook instead. People'll buy the XBox because they can get CoD with a gamepass subscription and a bunch of other things too. disposablewords posted:Sony is also a giant monster of a consumer electronics conglomerate way beyond just gaming. Nintendo... isn't. In an argument on monopoly practices in general, Sony and Microsoft are on a whole different scale than Nintendo and encroach on a much wider range of products and services. Like comparing "total assets" values as reported on Wikipedia for 2022, Nintendo's value is a lot closer to ABK than Sony or Microsoft. That may be so, but it's not really relevant to this case: the only antitrust concern here is in the gaming space. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Mar 28, 2023 |
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The statement seems to be very vague about the direction of the payout.
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