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The news as of late (feddit.uk)
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An edited Bluesky post reading 'half of all gaming news lately is some variation of "the video game company has discontinued their well known product, the video game"'
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Yeah. I don't want to have a huge amount of Games in my Home. But I do want to own the license/game and there need to be laws dropped providing that kind of access.

It is a foul excuse by publishers that you cannot own a Game. Yes. I cannot own the Code or development tools. But I can own the fully functioning game. We never got that to begin With. It is all about control.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    It is a foul excuse by publishers that you cannot own a Game. Yes. I cannot own the Code or development tools. But I can own the fully functioning game.

    You cannot own the copyright, but you absolutely can and do own a copy. The notion of "licensed, not sold" is a lie.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Well then I have some excellent news for you. GOG sells games without any DRM, once you download it and can install it anywhere without internet access. You can even copy the installert to back it up.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Woah I didn't know Sony let GOG onto Playstations!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Don't get a playstation then. You are literally voting with your wallet.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Kind of a problem when the alternative to a console is either an expensive PC that you still have to set up (and has a more clunky expirience than a console) or the steam machine which isn't cheap either in this economy

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    If someone is too stupid to work out how to double click a file to launch it I don't think their opinion even deserves respecting. Keep in mind you need to setup an account to use a console too these days, and enter billing information. Installing a game is easier than that.

    As for expensive... It just isn't. Sure, you CAN spend thousands on a really high end PC, but you also don't have to do that if you don't want to. If you want to get into really fun stuff you can game on stupidly cheap hardware. But even push button and ready to install games doesn't have to be that expensive.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You have to install the OS or pay someone to do it which is an extra cost (the avarage user does not know how to install an OS, i assure you) and then the problem is that it's still too clunky, you gotta turn on the TV, the PC and connect the BT controller if it got disconnected open the game launcher and then hit play

    On a console you just turn it on from the controller and start the game, that's it

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