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I just wanna say this is my opinion.
98% of the shit we deal with. Not just game shit, but everything....all boils down to these folks with power being utter rotten puss filled cunts.
Like honestly. Fuck disc. I hate em. I love digital. But fuck me. Let it be mine. Let me mod it (without cheating in it) let me play it on any console I want. Let it be my $80 of the game to do with as I want.
Like stop being such assholes. Why do these folks gotta turn into hateful cunts cause they got money or they made a game or media or whatever the fuck.
Consumers wouldn't be as pissed if they weren't being fisted constantly.
Yep, that's absolutely it and it doesn't matter how it's handled the will always be assholes. So we should go back to public measures.
Baby, you keep giving them the money they use to fist you.
True, but ain't that a bit unfair for you to say? Do you not play games? Or watch stuff?
Isn't this a "you complain yet you live in a society." Or whatever.
I also grew up playing games. I won't stop. And yes, while getting fisted, I'll complain. You wouldn't tell someone not to scream when getting attacked.
My solution is to not have/buy a console (and the DS screen starts to be too small) and I'm on Linux.
Which means I don't buy 80€ games.
That's people's problem, they must consume this new branded thing, again and again. Think about it, you have a million people buying whatever shit you make just because of brand/publicity, it will become more important to have the brand going, making the right publicity, than making an extraordinary game.
That said, I'd kill for a sweet semi turnbased "nineties" rpg. I do not play many games, they are rare on linux 😔.
Expedition 33 might scratch your itch.
Well said
the things they were complaining about in the top comment go beyond consoles, they are a problem with PC games too. even on steam and linux. you’d have to buy exclusively from DRM free platforms like GOG.
also games are not that rare in linux, most work well via steam.
In a bubble, I'd agree with you on Steam vs. Sony vs. GOG.
But you can't just analyze purely based on principles and logic, there are real life precedents for Sony removing content people purchased with no refund nor any form of customer outreach.
This has never happened on Steam, so in my view you can't equate Sony and Steam. I would say GOG is better than Steam if GOG didn't send nazi shit to people.
Or just pirate them, ezpz, especially if you already don't morally agree with the publisher.
I don't AAA game, but haven't run into a single issue with a game running on Linux...
No it's not unfair. What I said was factual. People aren't willing to give up their comforts in order to make real, meaningful change. It's one of those truths that gets argued against anytime it's said with people unwilling to admit it to themselves.
I mean i quit playing games in 2020ish because im sick of getting ripped the fuck off. I don’t watch tv or movies, either, anymore because it’s all sequels and garbage.
Join me and let these industries suffer.
Good for you. And I mean that.
I don't buy enough games to really be impacted. Bf6 and Helldivers have been the most recent. I also use bf6 and HD to play with my best friend who is 4 states away.
But like I said...I literally was playing bf1 and titanfall all the way to bf6 with no other games bought. I don't got a lot of time. I play 1 or 2 games a year and be content with that.
But really good for you. More power to you. I'll try to fight it in another way.
That's why I love gog, and it's the only store that gets my gaming money. The games are mine, as long as I keep a backup of the installer. I can do with them what I want.
I see why the newest AAA games are a must have for younger gamers, but as an older one I now have the patience to simply wait until it releases on gog if I actually have the urge to play it.
Digital is fantastic, I miss the boxes and handbooks and feelies, but I don't miss the discs.
Other stores have DRM free games too. For example Cyberpunk 2077 is DRM free on Steam. DRM, for the most part, is forced by publishers rather than stores.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games
You can do that with Steam games too. The ones without DRM.
And it's the developer that chooses if they want DRM.
Never forget, never forgive.
Nintendo 64 games cost like $60-$80 back in the late 90s.
They were also complicated circuit boards with full color manuals and box graphics, none of which is in digital nor the overhead of the creation thereof.
And they could not be patched later, so the testing was absolutely bonkers.
If the game is honestly updated with effort and hard work I will pay $80.
I clean air bnbs, houses, condos, and all that for a living. I don't do shit for less than $100.
I get folks gotta eat. But if you want my money for your product, it better be that good dick shit. It better be high quality and ducking finished. Not this "oh here's we got updates coming, the game is has a roadmap."
Like motherfucker the game can't drive it doesn't need a road map, it's need to be finished.
Wanna release the unfinished version? $20. But give me user support, working graphics, good multi if it's that game, all the bells and whistles and I'll pay $80 if you show me you goddamn actually care for the thing you are making.
Show me the love for your product/art/work and I will gladly give you money to support you for doing something you care about. And I mean even the ceos. Have some goddamn integrity and humility for fucking once.
Sorry to rant.
It was $50 before that and as high as $90 before that. $60 is kind of arbitrary, honestly.