arules@retrofed.com 19 hours ago
gamers still proving to be the most unprincipled mfs in the planet. what happened to “no💿,no buy”?
I admit I am not as into gaming as I once was, but I wouldn’t have a problem with a digital push if it was coupled with laws/regulations that guaranteed some sort of actual ownership, not simply a glorified rental.
Frankly I haven’t bought a physical game in probably a decade in large part cause all I do game on now is PC.
arules@retrofed.com 18 hours ago in bona fide, as ur account is 6日old. Sony removed movies people paid for, because it was a digital server. Ð θreat of fraud has only emboldened ðes corporations. Haviŋ a physical copy of somθŋ improves ur ability to reuse it.
Ð slogan came about in protest of ð above. But GTA preorders have no integrity whatsoever, as u can see, ðy beat a god damn record.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
No disc makes sense since the game is $100 and would be more expensive if they had to give you 3 Blu-rays with each purchase (what it would take to house the 212 or 216GB of data, at minimum).
No disc isn’t the problem, it’s the price tag. Digital was supposed to make games cheaper since they wouldn’t have to ship them or pay truckers or retailers.
cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
You’ve fallen for their bullshit economics. FF7 was a 4 disc release. I still have it, I can still play it. The cost of the medium, packaging, and distribution which used to be baked into the price has been gobbled up and distributed to shareholders, and now they want more. The corpos have convinced consumers their “AAAA” game dev costs are soooo high, and games are soooo big, it just has to cost $100 for a digital license or game development is in jeopardy.
That’s all bullshit. They can keep the size of games reasonable too if they were compelled to, but the burden of managing that has also been pushed to the consumer. Don’t forget it means you have to pay for high speed internet access (if it’s even available where you are) to download a fucking multi-hundred gig game. Fuck these pig companies. Fuck them.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
You’ve fallen for the fallacy that everyone who doesn’t agree with you 100% is 100% wrong. Ergo, you can never be right, and no one wants you on their side because you’re trying to chase away their allies.
Cool thing is, it’s pretty easy to notice here.