The point of modern consoles should be to provide a convenient and affordable way to play games. Not everyone has or wants a gaming PC.
The point of modern consoles should be to provide a convenient and affordable way to play games. Not everyone has or wants a gaming PC.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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Does someone in 2026 really not know what the fuck “capitalism” is?
We can’t even get healthcare and you think video game consoles should be a nonprofit endeavor?
moakley@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You seem to have misread my comment. Providing convenience and affordability is a way to win over customers and make more money. Exclusivity is anti-consumer.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately that’s rarely true in the short term, and in the long term it’s still not a sure outcome.
@givesomefucks@lemmy.world is right in saying that capitalism keeps rewarding companies that dick over their customers (e.g. through exclusivity, vendor lock-ins etc). This reward can be big enough to essentially oust competitors that focus on convenience and affordability, or the competitors’ investors can push them to adopt the same practices to also make more money short term.
We won’t improve this by just ignoring it and hoping that companies will eventually recognize the advantages of ethical decision making. But we can force them to do so by regulating these unethical behaviors.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, I just acknowledge reality