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May 7 2021 12:47pm
Quote (Jupe @ May 7 2021 01:44pm)
guy ik from work dropped 700 on a ps5, most cringe thing ive ever heard in my life

ps he deserves it and so do you


consoles are for Neanderthals who can't operate a mouse and need the slower speed handicap of a controller.

"but it plays blurays, that's really why i got it". sure cuck, sure.
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May 7 2021 12:54pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ May 7 2021 01:19pm)
I think companies like NVIDIA or AMD do have an image preservation issue though. I agree that someone like TSM who makes these for them don't have much of an issue but it's not good business practice for those first mentioned companies to ignore consumer concerns. A response like 'oh well that's tough not our problem' is bad PR.

That's probably why NVIDIA is doing things to prevent their video cards from being used for crypto.


Correction. That's why NVIDIA is trying to appear to do things to keep their cards from being used for crypto.

In reality, they love the increased demand.
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May 7 2021 01:10pm
Don't buy from the scalpers. They'll go bankrupt.
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May 7 2021 01:27pm
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Correction. That's why NVIDIA is trying to appear to do things to keep their cards from being used for crypto.

In reality, they love the increased demand.


correct, crypto has bad press via energy usage, as paid propaganda from conventional bankers and investors that want to clamp down demand. and NVIDIA wants to avoid bad press.

they dont care what their computer parts are used for as long as its not child porn, at all.

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May 7 2021 01:36pm
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consoles are for Neanderthals who can't operate a mouse and need the slower speed handicap of a controller.

"but it plays blurays, that's really why i got it". sure cuck, sure.


We have cross play now and I'm still shitting on the PC players with their no recoil settings :)

Side note both have advantages. Mouse and keyboard are easier to shoot but on controller you can do a pretty sick 180 degree turn to empty a shotgun in torso torso which is harder to do on a mouse.

Less hackers in console so more integrity.

Of course we have multiple PCs, a MSI gaming laptop, a couple switches, a few PS4s, and I'm pretty sure my Dreamcast still works lol.

I'm thinking about using a raspberry pie with a big monitor and building a big arcade cabinet with 8bitdo controllers, the huge old NES fighting game style ones, built in.
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May 7 2021 01:36pm
Quote (EndlessSky @ May 7 2021 03:10pm)
Don't buy from the scalpers. They'll go bankrupt.


I won't. It's a matter of principle and not enabling this shitty behavior. Some things I've read are saying that companies like TSM will be able to meet supply needs by June-ish. Ideally, Nvidia and AMD release a fuckton onto the market so these guys get stuck with the scalped product but highly doubt something like that happens. Another possibility is crypto imploding.

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correct, crypto has bad press via energy usage, as paid propaganda from conventional bankers and investors that want to clamp down demand. and NVIDIA wants to avoid bad press.

they dont care what their computer parts are used for as long as its not child porn, at all.


I'm not sure if it's about energy usage versus the fact that a lot of people crying about the shortages are vocal enough and asking for Nvidia to do something. Like if you go to Amazon, so many of these cards have 1-star reviews because of scalping issues. It's bad form for any corporate to look the other way in face of customer complaints.
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May 7 2021 01:40pm
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I won't. It's a matter of principle and not enabling this shitty behavior. Some things I've read are saying that companies like TSM will be able to meet supply needs by June-ish. Ideally, Nvidia and AMD release a fuckton onto the market so these guys get stuck with the scalped product but highly doubt something like that happens. Another possibility is crypto imploding.

I'm not sure if it's about energy usage versus the fact that a lot of people crying about the shortages are vocal enough and asking for Nvidia to do something. Like if you go to Amazon, so many of these cards have 1-star reviews because of scalping issues. It's bad form for any corporate to look the other way in face of customer complaints.


Yep, which is why they need to do just enough to make it seem like they want to do something about scalpers, without actually lowering the demand.
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Quote (Skinned @ May 7 2021 02:36pm)
We have cross play now and I'm still shitting on the PC players with their no recoil settings :)

Side note both have advantages. Mouse and keyboard are easier to shoot but on controller you can do a pretty sick 180 degree turn to empty a shotgun in torso torso which is harder to do on a mouse.

Less hackers in console so more integrity.

Of course we have multiple PCs, a MSI gaming laptop, a couple switches, a few PS4s, and I'm pretty sure my Dreamcast still works lol.

I'm thinking about using a raspberry pie with a big monitor and building a big arcade cabinet with 8bitdo controllers, the huge old NES fighting game style ones, built in.


i have every console from gamecube on back, used to have ps2 obviously but never rebought because no games i care to play.

mostly i play n64 because its the ultimate party console

when i made the swap from xbox360 to pc for fps games i knew id never go back, im just way better with a mouse and sniping is my thing, duh.

Quote (ofthevoid @ May 7 2021 02:36pm)
I won't. It's a matter of principle and not enabling this shitty behavior. Some things I've read are saying that companies like TSM will be able to meet supply needs by June-ish. Ideally, Nvidia and AMD release a fuckton onto the market so these guys get stuck with the scalped product but highly doubt something like that happens. Another possibility is crypto imploding.



I'm not sure if it's about energy usage versus the fact that a lot of people crying about the shortages are vocal enough and asking for Nvidia to do something. Like if you go to Amazon, so many of these cards have 1-star reviews because of scalping issues. It's bad form for any corporate to look the other way in face of customer complaints.


if their biggest issue is 1 star reviews because people want to so bad demand causes scalping and they cant do much to control scalping i dont think it hurts them much. even if it lowers the demand there will will be more than they're supplying. selling out instantly is never a bad thing for a company and the PR issues will still work themselves out. im sure it has stock price implications, but they're going to run out their production runs for years to come instantly.
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May 7 2021 02:12pm
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i have every console from gamecube on back, used to have ps2 obviously but never rebought because no games i care to play.

mostly i play n64 because its the ultimate party console

when i made the swap from xbox360 to pc for fps games i knew id never go back, im just way better with a mouse and sniping is my thing, duh.



if their biggest issue is 1 star reviews because people want to so bad demand causes scalping and they cant do much to control scalping i dont think it hurts them much. even if it lowers the demand there will will be more than they're supplying. selling out instantly is never a bad thing for a company and the PR issues will still work themselves out. im sure it has stock price implications, but they're going to run out their production runs for years to come instantly.


Ever play Warzone? That's my jam. Super competitive though. Got a good dub two nights ago.

I'm great at close quarter action in these games so input really isn't important. If i did want to use a mouse and keyboard I could plug it in to my playstation but that would be weird lol.
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May 7 2021 02:15pm
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Ever play Warzone? That's my jam. Super competitive though. Got a good dub two nights ago.

I'm great at close quarter action in these games so input really isn't important. If i did want to use a mouse and keyboard I could plug it in to my playstation but that would be weird lol.


nope last i played was MW2 for xbox then whenever it came to b.net, i think that was the one, tbh cant remember.

i used riot shield and bolt action sniper rifles lol. played king of the hill games or w/e where u score for sitting in the target zon, found a corner and sat with my shield up eating flashbangs. or sniping if i was too far away.
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