Dizzy by Fuzzy

I wanted to scream today.

Local Kia dealership that always does Paid Programming on TV on Saturdays for several years where I live? I saw this logo on the bottom right corner during some instances of it today.

I fucking hate it here.

I got pizza tonight, the cashier put in the exact total ($11.76) when I gave a $20. They had to run to grab the current manager.

... the manager could not do the math either.

Me: It's $8.24

Manager: "Excuse me?"

Me: *slides mask off real quick* (it was loud inside, even though it was just the workers and me) "It's $8.24."

Manager: ... I'm so sorry, I just can't math that well, the machine usually tells the amount with change too so.

Me: "It's fine, no biggie." *being given $8.25 due to the whole penny thing*

After leaving to myself: *laughs* (... while also facepalming in my head cause it feels like most people can't do that quick of math, as it was easy for me, just pretend it was $11.75, add $8 and then $0.25 to get to $20 and take away the "added" penny)

"There is a third route! Which involves the weird route!"

“Oh yeah he’s not busy today so he’ll probably have it done by the end of the day.”

*end of the day comes*

“Oh he ran late today so it’ll probably be tomorrow.”

"... oh jeez, that thing is gonna be sold out SO fast due to how many FNAF fans there are..."

It surprises me how long it took them to make it a thing considering how popular FNAF is. (I mean the franchise is 12 this year, and it took THIS long for something like this to exist as a Halloween decoration? lol)

I honestly can see this be a yearly thing if it sells fast (which even at $499, it definitely should) where they will introduce a new animatronic each year, ending it off with the "fan favorite" of course.

My car is at 78,000 miles, sure it is 11 this year, but when the a person comments “wow, that’s low mileage!” and the engine has had 2 issues in the past year?

Meanwhile some people actually defending this bullshit…

How about go to the cinema and let me know how much it costs to see a single movie. Also let me know about getting a refund whether enjoying it or not, especially since a lot of movies fit the same “time limit” as being able to get a refund from Steam.

It may not be the updated version that is out now, however if something DOES happen to the current game where they can’t release the current/final version they ever make?

At least I have a copy of the game, to have the game in hand. (I honestly hope whenever they DO have a final version, if it could be put into this USB drive to have as a backup lol)

Also, the Rivals team was nice enough, my original version that was shipped arrived broken, so they sent another copy. (so I formatted the original and now I have two thumbdrives with the original 1.0 version before release)

Sony got so full of themselves, with the whole live service schtick, that because they think Marathon is ok, so much so that they are trying to ignore Destiny 2's major population spike that occurred when the final update went out. (hell, Steam-wise D2 is still pulling 92k people in the past 24 hours versus Marathon's 8.1k people) Yet continue to ignore the outcry.

Now? Sony continues to ignore not just the community, but pretty much well over half the gaming population, AND more, considering they have gone radio silent for the most part, with how much backlash has been hitting them. So much so that even COMPANIES are cracking jokes at them (some while being not the best companies, they KNOW what Sony is doing is bullshit and sets a precedence up for the gaming population), politicians are questioning their decision if what they are doing is legal (Brazil even going so far as to have a lawmaker question Sony's antics), and several consumers going so far as to cancel their subscriptions and say they'd drop Sony if this goes through.

... I honestly hope the pushback continues, just because Sony absolutely deserves it. They've become so arrogant with decision after decision (IMO, since even before the PS5, but the PS5 has made them think they can do whatever the hell they want) that now, making a similar decision that Microsoft did over a decade ago, which ruined the company's reputation with the Xbox brand I honestly want to say. Xbox 360 was Microsoft's prime time, their Xbox One "always online" and "games being assigned to a single console" with them doubling down and saying "just get a 360" was the absolute worst decision they made in their career, so much so that even when they walked it back? Look at how Xbox has fared since.

Sony has now gotten to that point, and so far has continued to double down, the same thing happening then happening now. I left Microsoft's consoles for good back then. I left Sony's console side right before the PS4 Pro's launch since it felt like Sony was starting to act unfriendly with consumers, with the PS5 having a "choice" between physical and digital only console. (requiring the add-on to play physical, which made me feel like Sony was wanting to switch their stance)

So while I don't really don't need to take a stance on this fight with Sony, I feel like their decision WILL affect me if the pushback fails. (Considering games went up in price around the time the PS5 was released, it just feels like Sony contributed to the new baseline for AAA games costing $70, something that I felt people just "accepted" while I got games at $60 or less still, via sale price or deal price, even on release, I think I only folded on Legends ZA Switch 2 edition just due to the fact it had been 5 years later, and obviously "boycotting" didn't work)

Hopefully this time people actually follow through, and give Sony just as much shit as Microsoft got over a decade ago, because if this fails? Expect game companies to lock down even more as a result. I mean after all, Rockstar has already shown they aren't making a physical version of GTA VI, something they announced ahead of Sony's announcement. Yet people didn't care then and still preordered. (another game series I never really played, honestly only played GTA III once, and it was through a relative's copy... back in like 2002 lmfao, I never even rented it so, again it doesn't affect me lol)

However people deciding to just preorder anyway, before the Sony announcement? That starts a precedence of games being shipped with DRM (whether console OR PC), something Sony realized and tried to take advantage of. Something that confused me, what makes GTA VI different being digital only, versus Sony outright saying they are switching to digital only. While Sony affects more, GTA VI preorders still went absolutely insane anyways. Some complained about Rockstar's decision, but it wasn't until Sony made their announcement that people started to actually hit back hard. It just doesn't make sense to me, and feels very hypocritical considering they both literally made their announcements within the same week. (hell, I didn't buy Pokopia due to it being a Game Key Card, and still refuse to buy it due to that reason, yet it still did very well in the end, making it look like Game Key Cards aren't the problem, and now with the digital push, it makes me question buying ANYTHING digital on console again too)

I'm not that surprised. Why?

They announced this July 1st. The new fiscal year started July 1st. (I noticed this, but I'm surprised no one else did, otherwise I'd have commented on it sooner) They announced every shitty thing they can, just to "rip the band aid off" at the beginning, so that people will complain at the beginning, then grow accustomed to it by September 30th, when the end of the quarter of the fiscal year hits. (and then numbers climb back up to make investors "happy" which are happy this was announced btw, as their stock actually went UP 3% on announcement day from what I heard)

If you truly don't want to support Sony, stay away from them until after September 30th would be my recommendation.

Whether Gabe still believes in what he said so many years ago or not, it’s something that matters more now than ever.

Piracy stems from a service problem more than anything.

When companies start pulling shit like Sony is doing, and everyone starts to do it? If piracy becomes more rampant from it? Obviously everyone’s service sucks then. When people would rather go through the hassle of trying to OWN something, because the service refuses to give their customers the simple service of OWNING what they purchase? THAT is what corporations need to realize what they are doing sucks.

And before people may reply saying “well what about before this started? People still pirated then!”

Considering how some places STILL charge exorbitant amounts in certain countries, so most people can’t afford it there? That STILL comes down to a service issue, because the companies obviously do not seem to cater to those that live in those kind of countries, or those that can’t afford said product.

And people still thought Sony was THE company that still would produce physical media, because Nintendo started to "move away" with the key cards while Sony still produced disks (even though some still required to download SOME form of content sometimes)