I would argue in some ways piracy is a progressive form of demonstration against a systematic problem, and in this case the bigger studies that milk users and take advantage of those doing the work.

So telling people not to advocate with their form of protest is a bit unfair, it takes all tactics to get change. Its a bit like telling someone not to go out and march because you don't like that approach. People should get paid, but fairly. and consumers shouldn't be fleeced....So my sympathy for the studios involved is little theres been plenty of time to talk...they didnt listen, infact they stuck two fingers up.

What are you talking about? Game devs are constantly being laid off even after the product they create, creates profits for the corp.

The wages only appear if the thing they produce creates profits for the corporation.

Would you take a job that requires years to complete and forego wages until it retails?

Nobody actually works like that.

And yet there are free indie games out there that are generally better than the corp funded crap. Creators will create, no matter what happens.

The wages only appear if the thing they produce creates profits for the corporation.

That's entirely untrue. Plenty of people get paid to make games that flop.

never paying artists for their work

In a corporate setting, wages pay the artists prior to the games' release. And the artists don't see additional revenue after it's release.

I seriously don't know how you're this off mark about all of this. No one has said to pirate games from companies that doesn't do what the thread is about. It's literally only about either pirating or not playing the specific games from the companies who shut down games.

You're on the verge of being like that Pirate Software dude who is against the SKG movement because he's so fucking dumb that he doesn't understand the extremely obvious and clearly communicated points.

Picture actual headlines.

Gaming is pricing people out of the hobby

You don't own what you purchase

The major players are using their monopoly powers to drive up prices

All the major studios that make the games you love were bought up and now are being shuttered

AI is replacing programmers and artists

Also, we ain't winning this battle by convincing the poors to care about video games preservation.

You don't have to explain to me, I already know. I said you were wrong and I meant it. There is not going to be a corporation that is not enshitified. Did you miss all of the independent studious being bought up and now closed.

They are destroying our culture and the best you can muster is buy ethically? We are far beyond that rhetoric now. Like I said before it is okay. You have not really thought about what is going on and there is no shame in that.

I just want GOG to release NFS Underground 2 and I'll be happy

Installing Linux on PS5 is an exploit as far as I understand it, and requires specific software versions that are already long outdated at this point. But PS5 already runs a Unix like kernel as far as I know. So yes, it would be possible to do it on them if Sony or Microsoft allowed it. Though I doubt they ever will since you could not run Playstation or Xbox games on Linux without huge investment from their side. It's a solution for those looking to jump without the hardware cost, but I am a little anxious in recommending it since Sony full well considers it still their device. And Nintendo has recently shown they aren't shy from just bricking banning your device from their services if they think you're not using it the way they want, I would expect the same from Sony. But if you do it right, probably no way for them to find out. But you could never go back to it just being a Playstation 5 too. In the end it's essentially the same path as my first proposal.

I also notice that when there is a discussion or video regarding modding a console, it’s to “preserve” its longevity rather than having a practical use.

I think that's in part because it's an attempt to tiptoe around the 'red lines' of console manufacturers. It's trying to stay as inoffensive as possible so that it doesn't get put into the same bag as emulators or third party tools to circumvent DRM.

EDIT: The switch example wasn't bricked, but it was banned from using the official services, which isn't much better, but still a distinction to be made.