That there’s a question over who owns the things you bought is already beyond dystopian nightmare.
Not sure this makes things better or not, but I think more accurately it’s a question of whether games are considered a service or a good. The games industry wants to treat game software with online connection components as a service, while in some respects presenting it as a good at the point-of-sale.
Software that is not actively maintained for a certain time should become public property. The same goes for books or music that go out of print for so long. “you want to sell me your original product? That’s cool. You don’t wanna do that anymore? Alright, but no need to bury it in obscurity.”
That would require us to be a society that values culture and art over money.
There are so many games, consoles, emulators. There is so much to discover, i doubt a human can do in his life. Why do we need any new games? Just because its got a little bit better graphics? Some of the best games i played were pixel art.
Just my 2 cents
Oh and also: go open source, boycot anything corporatey.
5% “better” graphics for 500% loss in performance. The industry is truly at its peak!
We have so many books, why do we need more?
We have so many paintings, why do we need more?
We have so many movies, why do we need more?
There are always new things to explore creatively. We don’t need more slop. But there are plenty of new things to try.
