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08:35

@Wipqozn thanks.

during the weekend, the whole PSN infrastructure was down.

the thing lasted about 20 hours. Sony didn't give any form of explanation.

> Network services have fully recovered from an operational issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience. All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service. (source)

Nzall

Yeah, was about to share that

At least they compensated players I guess?

SPArcheon - on strike

@Nzall Yes, but the compensation really doesn't consider that the may have as well screwed any player that bought some form of "gamepass" for their games and HAD to play or lose some benefit.

Time limited events, daily login bonuses, etc etc etc.

Nzall

Are there any battle passes out there that DEMAND daily play, beyond daily login streaks?

SPArcheon - on strike

@Nzall well, I wouldn't strictly call them battle pass, just similar paid content but for example...

Genshin Welkin is just 4.99$ for 2700 gems precisely because you get 90 each day for 30 days and any day you skip is lost

if you notice this is by far less than 70$ for 3.3k gems.

But the 3.3k you get in one go as you buy the pack, the Welkin is diluted over a month.

Nzall

@SPArcheon-onstrike yeah, but... Genshin is also available on Mobile and other platforms, right? Or does the game not support cross-platform progression?

SPArcheon - on strike

08:48

@Nzall true, but you then HAVE to own another platform. Which you technically shouldn't be required to. Furthermore, since Sony in that regards is a big pile of disgusting thieves, gems bought on the PSN network don't work on the other platform and the same is true for the way around.

Nzall

oh wow, that's awful indeed

SPArcheon - on strike

that is because the PSN prices for the same packs are a little higher because of the disgusting Sony fees

I think not even Apple manages to increase the prices.

Sony does

@Nzall I simplified the issue, full version here. You can workaround it but it still is pathetic.

There is only one benefit in playing Genshin just on the console.

You don't have to create a Mihoyo/Hoyoverse account. So, if you are one of those "I won't give my data to Chinese company"....

SPArcheon - on strike

09:32

After 44 Years, Someone Beat the Donkey Kong Kill Screen

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Lazers 2.0

13:06

Q: What is the answer to the "Papyrus Problems" narrative choice?

I was just offered the narrative choice called "Paypyrus Problems". It poses this math question: There are seven houses, and each house has seven cats. Each cat kills seven mice, and each mouse has seven grains of barley. Each grain would have produced seven gallons of cereal. What is the sum of...

civilization-7

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SPArcheon - on strike

14:13

@Nzall BTW, since they did not provide an explanation, I really hope this was not the result of some hacker group attack.

if anything because if that is the case they are also risking huge fees and PR damage since they MUST disclose those as for most country laws.

Anyway...

Anyone here tried 9th Dawn III (Steam page)? Caught my eye among the sales on the PS Store.

the trailer looks like it is quite packed with content (and for some reason it reminds me of the room oldie favorite, Legacy Runescape)

TylerH

15:03

@Lazers2.0 I was surprised to see the tag on here already; I forgot that Civ 7 had a week of early access for the deluxe version.

Unfortunately this first question is... not really a value-add for the site, since it's basically just a math question.

SPArcheon - on strike

15:42

@TylerH Please, in the name of all things nice, migrate it to Maths so we can see how they react.

@TylerH I am also really tempted to Sheldon-edit the answer to add some nice trivia that probably only I will find interesting.

Otaku

16:19

@SPArcheon-onstrike Oh, I saw that on my feed. No idea what it’s about though.

@SPArcheon-onstrike Yeah, I heard about that… HD2 players were hit hard, they weren’t able to play on the games anniversary..

SPArcheon - on strike

@Otaku That was last day for the Genshin Lantern Rite event since for some reason it ended on Saturday.

TylerH

@SPArcheon-onstrike LOL

SPArcheon - on strike

@Otaku and ironically, that was the game that used to require a PSN account to play even on PC.

TylerH

16:35

@SPArcheon-onstrike you should probably just make the edit if you think it'll be an improvement, since you have edit privileges. Kyle can always roll it back if they disagree with the edit.

SPArcheon - on strike

17:07

@TylerH added. Either he will love it or hate it.

If he hates it, I will obviously blame the guilt on your advice.

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Otaku

20:00

I just realised I've been missing a lot of the questions that get posted on Arqade...

I generally just click Home, which only shows me active questions... I don't see everything that's asked.

So.... yeah.

Lazers 2.0

Q: How many unopened packs can you save up at most?

Every 12 hours the pack stamina recovers and a small pack icon appears next to the stamina bar, meaning you can open a pack. This can't go on forever, can it? For example, if I login once every 5 days, can I open 10 packs at once? If I login once a year, can I open 730 packs at once? The answer m...

pokemon-tcg-pocket

murgatroid99

20:45

@Otaku Asking a question counts as activity, so every new question shows up on the active questions list.

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Lazers 2.0

22:03

Q: Steam Achievements vs Xbox Achievements vs PlayStation Trophies: Are they the same?

Do games that are across various platforms such as Stray (available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation) have the same achievements and trophies? To clarify, would I do the same things to get trophies on a PlayStation for a particular game as I would on Steam to get achievements? Or are there some ac...