cy_starkman

yup of course it has

drifting on the coat tails of one of the world’s best known video game brands. all we can hope is that round the next corner is a giant pile of its own hubris to crash into.

i say hope, out of total respect for Nintendo.

Unfortunately for all of us at least once in our lives we need a wake up call to when we have decided to be dicks.

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not sure if other AI readers feel this way, but i cannot understand how gambling is now globally accepted for children, little children and how advertising gambling games in other games (often after each turn) to little children is cool.

none of the perpetrators are even having to defend themselves (this is way beyond loot boxes). Apple does not even give a shit and they would ban a game where you slap world leaders - but slot machines for 5yr olds does not raise an eyebrow.

i have never even read an article about the pandemic, not on any tech site. how is every one cool with this.

(edit - emoji fail)

eightzero said:

I have a list of companies that I simply will not buy from. Microsoft, Samsung, Sears. There is nothing they can offer that will make me consider their wares. Ever.

no microsoft?

vizio? word? excel? onedrive for business?

how do you even work? please don’t say numbers or open office, i mean i respect your willingness to suffer for your convictions if you do.

honestly, there are plenty dodgy apps in the appstore, that don’t do what they advertise, or do it really badly.

that said, if apple is forced to allow other appstores or direct sales from devs, i would not buy.

happy to take the very occasional risk on my mac, but there is no way i would risk infecting my phone - i like how it is closer to bulletproof.

hardware and services

will this sell more hardware? nope.

will this increase profit from services? err, lets do some napkin numbers

$6billion sunk, for at best 2 months content, 2 months of service sells for $10.

will the service EVER have 600,000,000 subscribers?

netflix only has 150million subs and that is accessible on every device, operating system and many televisions. Apple has 1billion potential delivery points, which is at best 1/3 to 1/4 of the potential points netflix does.. so even at the same uptake rate Apple will be lucky to even reach 50million subs.

something does not add up, not this year and probably not ever. none of the sunk costs in the current content will reduce the cost of future content.

sure, semi random figures, true sunk amount unknown etc. but come on, a very generous 50 million subs only turns over $500million every two months. $6billion a year. not a quarter, not every 2 months... and you get it free for a year with every new hardware... so like, no income at all because this will sell exactly NO new hardware to anyone.

apple will claim ridiculous subs because free, it will claim to be the biggest streaming service on earth in the first 12 months, because free with hardware sales

and make no money. patience and deep pockets don’t matter at that point.

what is the point?

a hedge against being broken up into different companies? to make sure Apple Services has a full complement when the government splits them - that is the only reason i can see.

i am a bit mind blown reading the comments. people are actually considering it a “rich” experience. how!?

i figured out the controls, which are less about swiping and more about not touching the screen until a corner and then it is simply how far from centre and how long you press.

now, reading this review, it seems even that level of discovery was pointless. i could just watch the game play itself.

after that there is literally zero to the game except gambling.

actually that explains why there is no skill to the game. it creates an illusion that you are good at it, so the feeble minded think they are achieving and therefore pump money into it.

could call it “mario kart gambling tour”, tagline, “gamble real money for the chance to win your favourite characters”

i think also, the other players are bots, or worse the game is rigged so the outcome for each player in a match is different. why? i noticed that if a system notification appears, let’s say a 20% power warning which halts play until you dismiss. nothing happens! the other players don’t snap ahead because you stopped moving, nor do you, the whole play stops.

you don’t even play against anyone. the game is 100% scam.

a gambling scam directed at children.