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Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 17 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,443,957
I'm a little disappointed, yeah. I think there's a lot to be said for owning physical media, especially the practical advantage that it can never be taken away from you or delisted like digital media can. But still, I'm a PC gamer so this won't effect anything I was ever likely to play anyway.
I guess with gaming, at least, you do still have the files on your device (if it's not a live service or multiplayer game), then you can access it even if it's delisted. It isn't like Netflix, where if they take it down then it's gone.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 6 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,443,959
@previous (Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE)
Don't worry they're rolling out the "on system file access monthly subscription" next gen and if you try to access the files through unofficial means they just brick your console. Simple as
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,443,967
ive been pirating my ass off since early ps4, so i dont care. theres nothing significantly different between an unDMCAd file and a file on a rotting disc of petrol.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 35 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,443,973
@previous (F)
Why else? I'm curious about how people are feeling about gaming becoming shittier. I've already reached nirvana with old games and indies but I know many poor souls still wander the console badlands
> Don't worry they're rolling out the "on system file access monthly subscription" next gen and if you try to access the files through unofficial means they just brick your console. Simple as
Fucking SaaS is making everyone a tenant in their own life. I like physical media and owning games. Honestly the last generation of consoles has messed with this by requiring you to download or update it, so pick up and play was basically dead. For what? A slightly higher frame rate? Seeing a character’s hair blow in the wind?
> Why else? I'm curious about how people are feeling about gaming becoming shittier. I've already reached nirvana with old games and indies but I know many poor souls still wander the console badlands
My XBox One was a POS. I traded it in after a couple months. I play some remastered games on the Switch. It seems like the time to strike for some renegade indie studios to collaborate and T-bone an enshittified gaming industry. Sure, they won’t create GTA 6, but one could argue that GTA 5 was boring and overwrought.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 6 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,443,984
@previous (G)
What's actually going to happen is many people will move to PC after this and that's when the corpos start planning on squeezing every red cent out of PC players. PC players think they're safe but they really aren't. At least not PC players who care about modern AAA games
> What's actually going to happen is many people will move to PC after this and that's when the corpos start planning on squeezing every red cent out of PC players. PC players think they're safe but they really aren't. At least not PC players who care about modern AAA games
Of course. SaaS lets them mine you, your usage and data, profile you, sell your profile to third parties. Changes will be evident in gross margins, which will skyrocket without physical manufacturing and logistics. A game will inflate to $150, and there will be no need to pay the same CAPEX and R&D.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 41 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,443,991
@previous (G)
Lol variable pricing will be the icing on the cake hahaha you will own nothing and you'll be charged more than the next guy for it hahahahahahahahaha
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,444,003
Really sucks for anyone who isn't just playing the latest game of the week. Even if it doesn't happen for another 20 or 30 years, eventually the store servers will go down and an entire console library will become inaccessible outside of piracy, even to legitimate customers. It was already bad enough when it was only a portion of a library being digital only.
Not to mention the consolidation of game access, eliminating all competition and thus being able to price games as high as they want. Less incentive to discount games or have sales when your customers can't get their games anywhere else.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 23 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,444,015
God steam is so fucking reddit. They're defending this company like it's their mom. Just accept that steam is taking the fucking L because of their steam machine pricing. It's not the end of the world if Steam has one controversy. The original steam machine flopped as well get over it. I know it's not related to the thread topic really but the drones really are something else. Gamers are such cucks
> God steam is so fucking reddit. They're defending this company like it's their mom. Just accept that steam is taking the fucking L because of their steam machine pricing. It's not the end of the world if Steam has one controversy. The original steam machine flopped as well get over it. I know it's not related to the thread topic really but the drones really are something else. Gamers are such cucks
The console companies are unleashing heaven’s wrath on their customers for Gamergate.
Anonymous L double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 19 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,444,199
I miss aspects of the Shareware era. Everything from cool text games to shooters and you decided if you wanted to buy a bigger version or installments 2-3. Some games were big misses with cool ideas. Obviously impractical in a AAA world.
Anonymous I replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,444,245
@1,444,191 (Green !pDif3ODBl.)
For now. They've been pushing the game key cards which are a weird blend of physical and digital. They don't contain the game, just a license, so it has exactly the same problem where eventually those games just won't function at all once the servers go away. But at least they aren't tied to an account, so you can sell them or share them with friends. That's my understanding anyway, I don't own a Switch 2