Most likely case:
The sales were not worth the effort of maintaining the files/updates/etc. on GOG for the developer.

Which I think is very odd, since I strongly doubt any older titles of theirs still received updates...-

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Quoting: PyrateI got one when I upgraded to Plasma 6, and another one in 6.1, I believe this is a much better system that's already set in place, and since major Plasma versions happen more than once a year, it's a better system if you want to give out reminders more frequently.

Quite obviously, it isn't a better place, or they wouldn't be changing it. Or rather, doing the notification in addition.

Welcome screens are usually just ignored as they tend to be "what's new"/tutorial kinds of things. It's an automatism of most people to go straight for the "don't show this again" without ever actually looking at anything.
It's a bit like the "startup hint"/"tip of the day" kind of deal - a nice thing, but the wrong place if you are trying to increase donations with any degree of efficiency.

Funny anecdote: A few years ago, I handled user reports for bugfixes on a software that had such a "hint of the day".
I got an error/help report asking about a functionality with a screenshot showcasing a "problem" and the question of how to solve it - the screenshot also had an open "hint of the day" with the exact key shortcut to solve the problem.
And the reporter was no fool, either. He, like most people, just got so used to fully ignore these kinds of windows. When I pointed it out, we had a good laugh

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A ... team shooter. Yawn.

*goes back to sleep*

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Quoting: DrakkerBut there's also a lot of nostalgia involved with BL1. As for BL2 and BL3 and the pre-sequel, man where those stories bad.

I played BL1, 2 and 3 back-to-back, in co-op even.
The difference between BL3 and everything else is night and day. The pre-sequel lost me with its moon phase and oxygen shenanigans, so I can't really say much about that.

Sure, The story itself is of course less pronounced in a game like this, this isn't a "cinematic experience".
But the writing, worldbuilding and the humor is still very much important and a constant part of the gameplay experience and while BL1 and 2 had us laughing and giggling throughout, BL3 just made us groan and roll our eyes.
We even tried muting our characters, but it didn't really help (much).

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I have zero faith in this.

BL1 and 2 were all-time greats. BL3 improved the gunplay a little, but completely shat the bed with the absolutely awful humor, writing, plot... I couldn't even finish the game based solely on the writing, THAT's how bad it was.

Clearly, whatever talent wrote BL1 & 2 has left the building by now.

I bet they planned to use the movie momentum to announce this. Good luck, given the worst flop and just worst movie in a lot of ways of the last decade.
And then of course Randy Pitchforks insane ramblings trying to defend that abomination of a movie don't help restore any faith in that company knowing what it is doing.

Yeah... no.
There's maybe a 1% chance BL4 will actually be good.

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All of this seems rather.... unreasonable.

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Quoting: SalvatosMight have to give this a try to see if the approach is fun in practice or ends up feeling like a weird gimmick. My main worry was that it would make the MC less relatable and reduce immersion.

It could quite work as a puzzle game.
Often enough, those barely have a MC or hell, even a story, to really immerse you, instead it is more about the puzzles and atmosphere/humor/etc.

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I hope they allow you to skip puzzles this time (or improve them significantly).

I loved the combat and character system in CrossCode, but the puzzles were atrociously awful.
Not difficult, mind you - fairly simple and mundane, which made it worse in a way - but the constant running around to solve them made them take what felt like an eternity every single time.
And after you are done with a puzzle, what came next? Another puzzle in an even bigger room with even more trekking around to flip switches. And after that? Another room! And another!
Dungeons were either combat or puzzle dungeons, and not optional, either...
I can deal with the usual awful JRPG lever puzzles if they are only occasional, but CrossCode turned them into a horrible swamp to wade through to get to the good parts of the game.

Completely insane design, I couldn't continue playing after the second or so puzzle dungeon, which was quite upsetting given how interesting the rest of the game was.

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Quoting: tuubiLinux is literally for everyone. Just look at the license(s). There are no artificial barriers for entry, and it's not up to you to come up with them.

You are talking about barriers to even attempt usage, or some kind of access restriction.
There are none. Everyone is free to (attempt to) use Linux, obviously.

But "Linux is for everyone" does not imply that, at all, it implies that everyone can just use it and will be perfectly fine with it, that it will be the right choice/tool for them, that it was designed to be the right choice/tool for everyone - that simply isn't the case.
Using Linux requires a little bit more of technical inclination than, say Windows or Mac.
It also functions differently which will obviously not be for everyone, no matter their technical inclination. Different strokes and all that.

So, no, it is - in fact - not for everyone. No OS is. Windows is objectively not a terrible OS, and does lots of things well, but it sure isn't for a lot of people here, I'd say...

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Of course Linux is a community, or at least it has/forms one - pedantics, really.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyBoth of them work better the more people are using them. Restricting Linux use either to "just techies" or "just people I like" or (quoting you here) "5-10% user share on PC" (presumably the good, superior 5-10%) is a terrible and counterproductive idea. In fact Linux aside, the general idea of "only the worthy should get (X), and I or some self-anointed priesthood should get to decide who is worthy" is pretty much always terrible.

Do you think medicine would get better if only more people were allowed to be doctors regardless of qualification? Police? Diplomacy? Law? Teaching?
You are aware that gatekeeping is just another word for filtering and is exactly what makes things work WELL, right?

I'm not saying growth is bad or more users are bad, that would be insane. It is good in principle, and we ourselves benefit strongly.
But you HAVE to combine a growth with filtering of who you want to have an influence and participate actively in a community if you do not want the growth to coincide with a decline.

Users come in different qualities, as everyone who ever had to deal with users in a professional environment can tell you.
Now, the awesome thing is that you can improve users or they can do it themselves (as someone else said, we were all newbies once) - but only those who will not throw the towel when pointed at a (honestly rather clearly and well written) readme and nope out the moment they are confronted with a hickup.
For those users, I would not and will never recommend Linux as a daily OS, not even the "newbie friendly" distros.
I would just be lying to them and in contrast to others throwing toxically positive platitudes ala "Linux is for everyone" in their face, that would make me feel bad.

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