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Must be so much bad blood behind the scenes between Unknown Labs and Krafton after what happened.

Hope UL get the last laugh, release a great game, make their money and then all leave to start a new studio in a few years.

Maybe AI will help them do something about the day 1 flops slop we're getting at the moment, and spend those money more wisely on proper games.

MS are probably a great case study to see how one can go from nearly winning their second gen, to losing traction for third, and then having better hardware but ruined by bad software/games and terrible pricing (and I still hold the Series S as responsible for stifled growth).

Hopefully yer wan can bring them back to proper competitors. I think targeting the pc market is a bad move, but I'll wait and see. Pricing and comparison to the Steam Machine will determine MS's future, not competition with Sony, who appear to be moving back to console only and exclusivity. I think MS should laser focus on a console akin to the 360, great hardware and excellent software/games to support it. The second half seems to be MS's problem since the 360.

My hopefully scandal from BARB seems to have come to nothing. Shame. As said above, they ain't got long left, and if there was unprovoked corporate sabotage, we'll probably never see the proof at this stage. Could have been a juicy story to be turned into a Netflix movie. Appears to not be the case.

IMHO that studio who burned through 100+ mils (500 according to some) is to blame from top to bottom. The suits at the top form not seeing what's happening, and the devs for making such a **** generic mediocre slop.

No dev sets out to make a bad game

Of course not. But some aren't capable of doing a good one. I really doubt that just one man could derail a big project so much, so the responsibility is split between him, team leads and devs. In the end, the game wasn't made by one person.

Surprise Starfox Direct happening currently. Remake of N64 game apparently and out June 25th. Surely not full price.

Valve going down the reservations route from tomorrow

Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th

How to reserve yours, and what we're doing to mitigate the challenges from earlier in the week

Steam Controller launched on May 4th, and while we were happy to see such a high level of interest, the experience for a lot of you trying to buy it was incredibly frustrating. We plan to continue replenishing stock as we get more in, but in the meantime wanted to share changes we're making to improve the purchase experience and to limit reseller activity:

Beginning May 8th at 10 am Pacific, we're opening a reservation queue for Steam Controller. Once you reserve, your place in line will be saved. When we go back in stock, order emails will be sent in the same order that reservations were made.

Here are the details on how we're hoping to improve the experience overall while also taking steps to limit reseller activity:

Reservation details:

Reservations will be limited to one Steam Controller per user.

Once you receive an order email, you have three days (72 hours) to make your purchase on Steam.

For now, customers who have already purchased a Steam Controller are not yet eligible to reserve another Steam Controller.

Additionally:

Your account must be in good standing on Steam

You must have made a purchase on Steam prior to April 27, 2026

Replenishment of inventory will vary from region to region. We will start fulfilling reservations next week in the US / Canada, and UK / EU / AU in the following weeks.

Me owning a Switch is getting further and further away! Ram prices driving this allegedly. Crazy times. AI needs to die and soon. Nvidia CEO saying AI is more expensive than humans right now...

Also, cannot get a physical copy of Pragmata. Smyths sold out in all stores (except Claremorris, which is too far from Limerick) and online, Amazon not delivering until June....