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#1

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by Legend - Today at 01:34 AM

I'll probably end up subscribing to Crunchyroll to buy their discs. 

No way I can afford everything I want to get by the time they change that. 

I mean just think of it as a premium club with exclusive merch 

#2

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Today at 12:40 AM

This doesn't affect anyone else.

But Crunchyroll is announcing that they're going to put their store behind their subscription service, specifically the $14/month and $18/month tiers. 

Sony buys up most of the anime industry, starts cutting releases, raises the prices of their subscription service, make their store more limited. 

So tired of feeling like a lot of these things are getting worse with fewer options and higher prices. 

I'll probably end up subscribing to Crunchyroll to buy their discs.  

No way I can afford everything I want to get by the time they change that.  

#3

Gaming Community / Re: The Music Thread

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 09:01 PM

For some reason been listening to Dido the past two days. 

I just have this vid on repeat and i love it and i feel like shame

#4

Gaming Community / Re: PlayStation Studios Develo...

Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 08:31 PM

Mat Piscatella released a lot of numbers contextulizing the whole no disc thing:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/circana-us-292-million-units-of-physical-video-games-sold-in-the-12-month-period-ending-june-2009-by-june-2026-this-had-fallen-to-37-million-units.1585240/




*this second image says in 2026 37 million physical games were sold but that is the entire industry.  ..so like mostly nintendo games.


he said that of the 7 ps titles that sold more than 100k in the first half of 2026 (n. america) none of them sold more than 275k.

  275k x 7 = 1.9 million.   

so like the the entirety of the ps disc market in video games biggest region is very likely < 3 million.



also this shows that most of the demand drop for physical occurred before 2016.   covid caused another push towards digital but 2/3rds of the market moved to digital already.   

#5

Gaming Community / Re: The VR thread. U R Not re...

Last post by kitler53 - Yesterday at 07:11 PM

VR is like the only way to really experience 3D.   it's a shame that wasn't better exploited.   

#6

Gaming Community / Re: The VR thread. U R Not re...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 05:17 PM

There really isn't a good home theater app?

There might have been, but I'm not sure how much support it gets. 

#7

Gaming Community / Re: The VR thread. U R Not re...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 05:04 PM

There really isn't a good home theater app?

#8

Gaming Community / Re: The VR thread. U R Not re...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 04:37 PM

Not sure why I'm thinking about this today. 

The Quest 2 just felt like it had so many software opportunities that were missing. 
Like an app that just worked as a home theater would be really awesome. 

I had to sign into Firefox on it and fiddle around to have pass through so I could see people in my space. 

After 5 minutes of set up it was pretty cool. But it felt like they didn't want you using the headset that way.

I have been wanting to use the headset again lately. Maybe these things are a lot better. 

#9

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 03:18 AM

I would really love if Arrow Films put out a collection for Dark like this. 

#10

Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 02:29 AM

1080p sucks now that I've seen the glory of 4k.

I had been deciding if I should downscale it.  Even a good 1080p stream would still be better than Netflix.

But I fully agree with that. The bitrates for streaming are so often criminal!!! It's worse than SD television sometimes.