It's even worse as PC gamer.
My Gaming rig literally sat there 4 years unused because of two kids.
Now I feel the urge to game again, everything in this rig is outdated. Spent couple hundred bucks to get it ready again and it was amazing getting back to building a PC.
Now do I have time for playing? Hell na, see you in three years upgrading again.
Look at all the lifes and resources thrown in the dumpster for absolutely nothing. True insanity.
Man, I remember upgrading from a GB Color to a GBA SP, finally being able to play in the dark without this weird magnifying glass / light attachment.
Good old times.
I wouldn't even download it if they paid me for it.
People expect to switch platforms and immediately have the same experience there is mind-blowing.
We all spent 10ish years (!) tailoring our experience on Reddit. It's no surprise that you can't replicate all of that within 2 weeks.
WhatsApps main "killer feature" was being early in the market to quickly reach a critical user mass.
Doesn't matter which competitor, people will install an alternative, see that only 5-10% of their contacts have it and will immediately uninstall.
I see potential in preinstalled messaging apps. But it needs to be cross-compatible between iOS and Android. Otherwise it won't fly.
Many have tried, many have failed.
You simply need a killer feature to get people to change.
I actually have issues with wefwef now, gives me a lot of errors.
But I think the next days will be a little rough because of many new signups.
That's what happens if you try too hard to milk an existing franchise instead of going with your own ideas...
So he pays for a ship and you need to sail to Spain? That's quite the favor to ask...
So they did something right for the wrong reasons and with the wrong measures?
The problem is: The die-hard CDPR fans pre-ordered the game (me included), then played through it despite the unfinished state and bugs (because we already waited a long time) and then never touched it again. So I read that they improved the game massively but I just never saw a reason to play through it again with so many other great games on my unfinished list...
Maybe a DLC could change that but I kinda made my peace with this game so I'm good.
The end of Sync is the reason why I will leave Reddit at the end of the month. So nice to see that we eventually might get a new app for Lemmy!