Comment on Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard
hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year agoExcept Microsoft is building up a monopoly on gaming, buying what they can, consolidating its properties so they can then transition to a streaming-only model where nobody owns anything (I know you don’t technically “own” the games you buy either but at least you can have them on physical media to keep, back up or sell) and the only way to play anything is to pay a monthly subscription fee and to use only what Microsoft allows you to use (i.e. no more Linux gaming)
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What a fantastic imagination.
If you want to blame physical media going away you should go complain to papa Gaben.
hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Steam games are obtainable in other ways. Streaming-exclusive ones aren’t.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You mean by stealing. You should just be clear with your language.
hazelnot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I don’t exclusively mean piracy, but also piracy isn’t theft because you’re not taking anything away from anyone, you’re making a copy of some files 🤷♀️
The notion that piracy is theft is capitalist bullshit designed to manipulate people’s emotions by equating a company not making as much profits as they theoretically could have to theft lol