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A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Agreed.

The contract was broken as soon as devs and publishers started pushing the digital download lies, because if you buy the game digitally they wont have to pay for shipping, boxes, manuals, cds, storage, etc etc etc, so the games will cost less and the devs/pubs will still manage to make more money on it than they ever would have otherwise!

and now we have 70-80 dollar charges for the standard, base version of games, with triple digits for the super mega special elite deluxe ultra edition. And you don’t even get to own the fucking game, cause sony and ubisoft have both shown zero issue with going into your account and removing things you’ve bought.

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partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You highlight another point in the unspoken contract:

“After you buy the game, you can play it for as long as you own it with $0 additional dollars spent. At any point in the future you’re welcome to sell your copy of the game for whatever someone will pay you for it. That new buyer will be able to play the game forever paying $0 additional dollars.”

That’s gone too.
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- A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Which is what digital downloads was actually all about.
  
  Killing the second hand market in the belief and hope that those people buying the used copy for 5 bucks, will come to the dev/pub directly and spend the 60 bucks on it brand new.
  
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  - rottingleaf@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Which is why some degree of chaotic lawlessness (as in pirate disks being sold near subway entrances) is good for humanity and good for the market.
    
    And there’s no inherent moral value in intellectual property or copyright, so only whether it’s ultimately better or worse to have it is important.
    
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bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

and now we have 70-80 dollar charges for the standard, base version of games

Keep in mind that games have cost $60 for fucking ages, regardless of inflation.

Games Are Cheaper* Than They’ve Ever Been | Extra Credits Gaming

Games Should Not Cost $60 Anymore - Inflation, Microtransactions, and Publishing - Extra Credits (6 years old)

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