Because it's really hard to do right. To find that balance between the enemy that is completely unaware you're killing his buddy 2 feet away and having the enemy share a hivemind so if one of them sees you in a bush the entire map knows your exact location instantly.

When it works it works but a lot of games have tried and done poorly and it's put the scare in a lot of developers when it comes to taking a chance on something so haphazardly successful.

Why would they?

There's a lot of reasons someone might want to play a female character. In Fallout 4 and 2077 because the female voice actor is hands down better. Sometimes the gear is cooler looking. Maybe you just want to. Even if you usually play as a male maybe it's your second playthrough and you want to try both protagonists.

Consequently, I feel like if you're playing as a female on an online game and the character creator sliders are generous so you make them fat assed and physic based enormous breasts and then run around being a stereotype you're likely NOT going to be popular among female gamers.

Exactly so. It's unfortunate that they're all so predatory.

Epic will make deals with people for various reasons, timed exclusivity is one they practice. Steam used to as well but for some reason stopped doing it a couple years ago. Then, like I said, if your game is made in the unreal engine they offer additional benefits. It would be hard to pin down an exact amount you would be paying without taking all that into account. 30% is just what it costs by default.

Me too, I got Skyrim VR and Fallout 4 VR Steam keys for $12 total.

30% for Playstation, but Microsoft has some very indie friendly policies- at flat $3,000. So they SHOULD be the cheapest venue, though I believe those savings get translated into their gamespass.

Competition.

If you buy a game for Playstation there is only 1 market. If you go find a physical disc somewhere on sale then you'll get it for that price... but on PC you've got a dozen popular marketplaces and ebay steam keys and humble bundle and Fanatic.

Usually you can get a new release for $40 or less within' a month or two of launch if you do you're diligent.

There ARE marketplace fees. 30% for Steam, 20% for GoG, 30% for Epic unless it uses the Unreal Engine then there's a slight discount.

Some diseases literally add their own genetic code to infected cells... it's got me wondering what that would mean for this microbe. One bad combination and it becomes the herald of our destruction. Best create another microbe now, designed to hunt and kill THIS microbe. An insurance policy.

Thanks for telling me but I don't really intend on playing it again. It's too nerve racking.

I've gotten RDR2 to run in VR, and aside from horseback being nauseating as hell, it runs great in VorpX.

Keep in mind it's not proper VR, as it still uses mouse/keyboard to control and VR to look around- but RDR2 is way more hardware intensive than prey.

Such an awesome game that totally deserves a VR remaster.

Can you imagine experiencing the exterior of the station in zero gravity... in VR?

Both exciting and depressing at the same time.

I ran this in VorpX... in VR this game is the most anxiety inducing experience I can think of. I played for maybe 15 minutes before I had to stop, have some herbal tea, and watch 'Always Sunny' to reset my mental state.

I had to wait until Christmas of 86 to get one so for me it felt a bit like envy.

Damn, sorry to send you in the wrong direction there. Wait until after the holidays... and maybe tax return season.

They were in stock not but a month ago. I got an e-mail from New Egg that had Zotac and 2 other 4090's with a huge heading that said "4090's back in stock".

I suspect the disruption will square itself out when we all go back to our seasonal depression in February.

$1,279.99 in stock

https://www.centralglobalsuppliers.com/product/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-4090-windforce-graphics-card/

tiger direct and new egg seem to be selling the 4090 for $98 over MSRP. It's not ideal but it's not to the level of scalpers marking them up $600+

I got my 3080 at Best Buy about a year or so ago, just got lucky- they were on the shelf.

You can buy a 4090 right now from Walmart, Amazon, Tiger Direct, Helium Miners, New Egg... in stock, ships today if you order in the next couple hours.

Where are you running into problems?

Scalpers lost a shit ton of money trying to scalp 4080's. I think they might sit this one out.

Whose got money to buy a new PC when they're done spending a mint on a video card?

Someone should just make a mini PC that plugs onto the graphics card instead of the other way around.