I’m stoked! I watched a gameplay review by someone I trust, and they were super excited, so I’m genuinely excited as well.

The one thing that worries me is they weren’t allowed to show anything after 1500 or so. This could be because the game isn’t fleshed out after that time, or that they want players to experience it themselves. I really hope it’s the latter.

Regardless, it looks like a fresh take on the EU franchise. I’m sure there will be ways to cheese the new game, but it looks like they fundamentally changes a lot of the systems that used to be abused.

I’m probably not getting it day 1, but I might get it close to release. I usually wait for the first DLC before jumping in for Paradox games, but this might be an exception.

Disagree. Prisons should be for rehabilitation, not punishment. You shouldn’t want to go to prison, but you should come out better than you went in.

I’m stoked. I’ve been watching some early reviews, and the game seems to be in a pretty good state, so I’m guessing it’ll be ready in weeks instead of months to years.

Edit: They apparently weren’t allowed to show anything after 1500 or so, so it could be longer. Idk.

We’ve certainly gone in circles. Hope your day is excellent as well.

Hey now, the US has multiple hydrogen stations, assuming you live in a certain area of California.

People would be willing to pay more if there wasn’t as much competition. People obviously want to pay less, and companies obviously want to charge more, so the real variable here is how competitive the market is. And the more competitive the market, the closer to production costs companies are able to pay.

The variable here isn’t how much people are willing to pay, that’s elastic and depends on competition. The real variable is competitiveness in the market, since that is what drives prices closer to production costs.

What does this have to do with Technology? Surely this would fit better under [email protected] or similar, no?

Sure. But if people aren’t willing to pay more than the cost of production, games wouldn’t be made. The cost of production is the floor, and the cost people are willing to pay is the ceiling, and competition finds a line somewhere in the middle. The more competition, the closer it is to the cost of production.

With enough competition, someone is going to compete on price to attract customers. They obviously can’t sell for less than their costs (again, sufficiently competitive so you don’t get monopolies starving their competition), so that’s the floor for what they can sustainably charge.

It doesn’t matter what the service is, if there are enough viable alternatives, at least one of them will go for the value play. Customers aren’t willing to pay more than they have to, so they’ll be attracted to lower cost options.

I’m old enough for any DOB check, yet I still lie.

The way you beat a gorilla is through brains, not brawn. I would probably stand a better chance than Mike Tyson, because I know I don’t stand a chance head-on and would try tricks instead.

Yeah, 3 inches taller and 40 pounds lighter. You’re not gonna beat a gorilla being a quarter the weight. You could maybe outrun it, but you’ll just get wrecked if you try to fight head on.

Yet we have gorillas in cages. Why? Because we don’t fight with our hands, we fight with our brains. We create traps, tools, etc.

If you want to kill a gorilla, use that noggin and outsmart that beast.

OP is preparing in exactly the wrong way.

Tommy Vercetti, Claude

These two are in very different physical areas and would be very old by GTA Vs timeline. If CJ were there, it would devolve into a repeat of SA, no? He’d want to revitalize Grove Street, not rob banks.

I think their characters were fine, they just needed some work:

• Michael - super bland, so maybe just need more satire about suburban fantasies or something; perhaps could’ve been replaced with a retired Claude or Tommy, idk, I just thought he was bland.
• Franklin - early on, he said he wanted to run a car dealership, why did that dream die? I would’ve loved more car theft missions, and maybe a mini management sim (hire sales people, sell modded cars, etc)
• Trevor - more conflict with local drug groups, maybe a turf war like SA? Or maybe drug running minigames? Surely he has more ambition than making cash with Michael

Some of the issues I have were resolved by the online component, but I am not interested in an MMO, I want single player GTA.

And even for a heist game, it had relatively few heists. But yeah, it really could use more satire or at least likeable characters, the story and characters as presented weren’t very engaging IMO.

could help cut inflation in the US

I highly doubt Apple App Store revenues are a significant portion of the CPI.

In a sufficiently competitive market, the maximum is related to costs.

Proton is trying to get cheap marketing.

Awesome! I stand corrected then!