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Critically acclaimed video game Big Walk not released on Xbox to support BDS movement (www.middleeasteye.net)
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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

On the other hand, releasing on PlayStation but not Xbox signifies to me that they can take your game at any time and that whatever you pay is just a rental, since that’s been the PlayStation line lately.

Also, I’m not buying a $900 dongle to play a game I want to play, let alone one I’ve never heard of. Or whatever a PS5 goes for these days.

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    [+] -15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    But they still released it on windows

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    • [+] -7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The reasoning behind why it’s okay to release for Microsoft Windows is intellectually lazy but at least buying video games is now like buying chicken eggs - you can select how much suffering is associated with the grade of the product you buy.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    If someone buys the game om xbox, microsoft gets a direct 30% cut. If someone buys it "on windows", not so much. That is a very distinct difference.

    Yeah it's microsoft's operating system, and they do sell licences for it, but I very much doubt anyone is buying a windows licence just to play the game.

    Could they have done more than skip the smallest console by install base? Sure. Is it performative? Maybe. But it sends out a clear message regardless, a message I am in favour of.

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