I think they mostly mean dead as in not many people playing them consistently, but that’s of course due to the fact that they are quite old and don’t have a ton of replayability. (In regards to portal and half-life.)

Though I’d also argue that they are far from dead in spirit, as they are still very well regarded and thought of, and still talked about quite a bit. And there is of course always new people discovering or playing them since they are such classics.

Minecraft is still of course alive and well, for me personally it is my single most played game, and I still play it from time to time, albeit primary modded.

Not who you were replying to, but very good explanation and interesting read!

I mean, unironically basically yeah. Though said market in his case is made up entirely of investors/shareholders lol

Hell, in this case the global interest, the problems with these corporate decisions and monopolies can cause major issues for pretty much everyone.

It was initially a pwa, but now it is a full and proper app, even available on Google play now!

I believe it can still be used as a pwa though.

To be fair they only said having a subscription for the accompanying software was a ‘possibility’, not that it would need one, and that it would be likely to be in the ~$200 price range, and with upgradeability and repairability in mind, as well as reliant on software updates.

Honestly depending on how much they lean toward the subscription and/or software update reliance having a mouse designed to last a lifetime and be upgradeable and repairable would be nice, even at a rather higher price point.

They functionally do, at almost all points in time there are enough capsules docked to the station for all astronauts to be able to return to Earth. The starliner capsule is currently able to return if needed, they are having it stay up there a bit longer to check things out to better understand why the one thruster is bad.

They very much are, the actual problem that happened was that audio channels got mixed up on a livestream. It’s really not that big of a deal