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[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 5 points 1 hour ago

Steam really ought to learn their lessons, Tim is only trying to help. They're still crippled from their decision not to allow blockchain games while Epic used the opportunity to eat their lunch /s

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 2 points 46 minutes ago

AHAHAHA!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

....lol

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 14 points 2 hours ago

I hear him, and will now assume anything they put out is ai generated. Don't even need the disclosure when they give themselves away by complaining so much.

[–] placebo@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I say it's irresponsible and petty to keep Alan Wake 2 an Epic Store exclusive.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh wow, didn't realize that! Now I feel justified in pirating it, thanks for the heads up!

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago

He sounds like a big complainer.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 34 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

This is why Steam has a "monopoly" by technicality. Steam doesn't do anything to the competition, the competition just keeps making an objectively worse platform so bad that they end up killing themselves. Steam shouldn't have to be accountable for that, its not Gabe's fault the other CEOs are stupid.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 44 points 5 hours ago

So irresponsible to give their users information. Then they can make… informed decisions!!!! 😱

[–] missingno@fedia.io 34 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

If you truly think AI is so great, why don't you want to disclose it?

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 17 points 3 hours ago

He's only mad because Unreal Engine 6 is going all-in on AI development and he's realizing he just shot his company (and all other users of their engine) in the foot.

[–] placebo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Because what matters is what customers think - and many people hate AI.

[–] moijjo@europe.pub 1 points 13 minutes ago

It’s an illusion of echochambers in Online not representative of real world.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 34 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Worse, Steam even makes games disclose if they’re…gulp “Single-Player”.

What self-respecting gamer would play games designed for a single player? That just marks someone as antisocial. Or poor. It’s really mean to studios to have to disclose info like that about the content of their game.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

And god help those publishers if you had to disclose the use of a third party DRM like Denuvo on the store page!

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

His argument makes no sense. What he is saying is that game devs will fall behind competition if they have to disclose AI use.. Which correctly implies that customers will not buy products in the AI category.. Which means clients don't want AI snuck into games. This means he would rather sell you games with AI against your consent than be transparent.

The problem he proposes only exists in his universe where AI is not disclosed versus on steam where those companies that use AI are now actually falling behind those that don't.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 hours ago

Consumer choice really sucks when you've got a worse product.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago

You can't properly extract value from and exploit customers when somebody else is giving customers exactly what they want. How rude!

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

"Company accused of putting sawdust in their baked goods furious at ingredient labelling standards; more at 11."

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 32 points 6 hours ago
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 9 points 5 hours ago

Guess who's using AI and ashamed of it?

Their initials are E.G.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 hours ago