Sweeney Tim: The Business-minded CEO of Capitalism Street
Channel: Mike B aka Fony
Date: 2019-04-07

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April Fool’s Day is about punishing those who would dare attempt to police derogatory comments on r/games
Initial thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/b7ubwm/rgames_is_closed_for_april_fools_find_out_why_in/
Aftermath
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/b8b9j2/april_fools_day_post_aftermath_discussion_meta/?sort=top

“Honestly, most of us, if not all, agreed with the sentiment but not the method.”

“Are we changing our moderation policies in response to our statement? What is the moderation team doing going forward to address these issues?

Right now, we think our moderation policies/ruleset catch the majority of the infractions we’ve been seeing.”





Borderlands 3 is Epic Exclusive for 6 months, shocking no one
https://youtu.be/JiEu23G4onM

Six months isn’t bad tbh, especially considering it is an Unreal Engine based game 
https://twitter.com/akamikeb/status/1113465455371444224

We even have spreadsheets now 
https://twitter.com/zazuch1/status/1113488116327821312

Tim Sweeney, however, has confirmed that they aren’t going to stop making deals anytime soon
https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1112814353496117248

Further information about EGS not being spyware, contrary to not-really popular belief
https://forum.facepunch.com/general/bvnqr/Epic-Games-Store-Is-Shit-But-It-s-Not-Spyware/1/

Also Valve’s 30% cut actually ends up being less
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/04/why-valve-actually-gets-less-than-30-percent-of-steam-game-sales/

“Remember also that Valve incurs plenty of costs for these Steam key sales. Beyond the mere bandwidth costs for game and update downloads, key-based sales can still access the same online lobbies, achievement and leaderboard systems, Steam Workshop inventory management, Steam server APIs, anti-cheat services, and everything else that comes with being on Steam. Epic, on the other hand, provides very few of these services in exchange for the 12 percent cut on its Games Store”

So be informed about these arguments or just ignore them, but don’t pirate anything.


Kotaku vs Bioware

Kotaku published an article detailing poor working conditions within the Bioware studio
Source was 19 anonymous employees
https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964

Bioware responds
http://blog.bioware.com/2019/04/02/anthem-game-development/

Polygon calls them out for not actually reading the article first
https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/2/18292304/bioware-press-response-anthem

Kotaku obtains a letter from Casey to staff regarding the article
https://kotaku.com/bioware-boss-addresses-studio-issues-vows-to-continue-1833802608


Layoffs hit Daybreak - Z1 Battle Royale’s future is uncertain
https://www.mmobomb.com/news/z1-battle-royale-staff-members-saying-goodbyes-games-status-doubt/
December’s layoffs
https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/7/18131459/daybreak-game-company-layoffs-san-diego-austin

Lead Designer Adam Clegg “Arclegger” tweet
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqrrj4

NantG Mobile posted on the Steam forums
https://steamcommunity.com/games/433850/announcements/detail/2563019799752692216


SEGA Genesis Mini

Key Features
- Includes 40 legendary games
- 2 controllers

Currently Announced Games (Wave 1):
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Space Harrier 2
- Shining Force
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Toe Jam & Earl
- Comix Zone
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Altered Beast
- Gunstar Heroes



Snapchat announced it’s own Game platform, Snap Games
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-04-04-snap-announces-snap-games-launching-with-six-titles

Launches and plays within the app
6 new games