Comment on Trump tariffs threaten the future of physical video games, analyst warns

• tatann@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Todd, are you trying to sell us another version of Skyrim ?

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  • lath@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yup. Waiting on those Skywind and Skyblivion mods to finish up, then I’m gonna put them into the base game and sell you a Tamriel Through the Ages bundle of joy.

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Perhaps one of many reasons that the console market is shrinking and PC is growing.

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  • umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nope. When was your last time bought physical game disk for your PC? In fact, do your PC still have an ODD? Physical disk mush not be the reason why PC gaming is growing and consoles are strinking. That’s a wrong attribution.

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They could sell usb drives…

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I do have an optical drive in my PC, for Blu Rays and music CDs. The thing I was calling out was, “they want to have you buy it over and over again until the end of time,” which isn’t really a thing on PC. Sure, there are remasters and such, but the copy you bought 20 years ago largely still works on your new PC.

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      • cuzit@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        While it’s (probably) not the case for Valve, I think it’s pretty clear that Microsoft’s end goal is endless subscription fees and you owning nothing. And there’s a good chance of them succeeding at that as long as the primary OS for PC gaming is Windows.

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      • umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        But that game disk you bought 20 years ago won’t contribute to today’s growing PC market. Even then, I don’t think the “it” in the line refers to remasters but “new” or “first party” in the views of the publishers.

        I would understand that original as, “But the publishers don’t want you to resell games. They want to have you buy games from their first party sales channel over and over again until the end of time.”

        Maybe I misinterpret?

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    • ManicMambo@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How about an external hard drive for my GOG games, does it count?

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