Don't you love it when Satan is efficient?

Personally, I'd say the biggest problem is the lack of accessibility with Linux. I've tried to convert multiple times and always run into numerous issues even with the more Windows-user-friendly distros like Mint. I love the potential for customisation and feeling like I actually own my computer but my own experience lines up heavily with what the average console gamer thinks gaming on PC is like; a several-hour-long nightmare from launch.

That's an insane level of professionalism and accountability you're talking about there, friend.

Oh no, I'm utterly shocked that a mega corporation would blatantly break the law then find a patsy 😱

At least it's not Kotaku but all this consolidation is far from good news. Heaven forbid reporters should get to stay independent, let alone being puppeted by a company that's little more than a meme.

Having had multiple medium-sized and even one small-sized dog(s) completely take up the entirety of a 3-seater sofa, this doesn’t even slightly surprise me

Short answer: money. It's no secret devs are usually overworked and underpaid so even a large-ish group of developers from even some of the more popular companies getting murdered simply can't afford to start a business. Some of them could go the Kickstarter route but few would be successful as is the way for Kickstarter.

That was rhetorical. I'm sadly aware of all the poor business decisions and practices

Jesus Christ, the fuck is wrong with this market

I couldn't agree more. Back during the initial pitches of the Steam Machines, I was a supporter of the concept and was looking forward to the release. In my market, they took a long time to release and ended up being stupidly expensive. To give an idea, in my market an i3-powered unit was expensive as an i7-powered one in the US despite not having that problem with PC components or even prebuilts. Eventually I spent the money on a parts to build my own rig that was significantly more capable than what the Steam Machine of equal cost would have been. I found little ways to make being a couch PC gamer viable without breaking the bank on horribly expensive niche products like lapboards and it's enabled me to become a PC gamer despite having been a console boy for so long. It's a shame because I think Steam Machines would make PC gaming so much more approachable to the average consumer (which I was at the time) and I hope they still manage to in the future.

This screams so damn fake. If they ever wanted to make a good game, they should have made it before releasing it, let alone prioritising DLC for a game they are more than aware of being borked at release.

It's amazing how much potential the world of Fallout has when not shackled to a terrible engine, isn't it?