If people don’t care about devaluing their money and aiding monopolies, even actively when you see the hoops the fanboys are jumping through to defend Sony, they’re absolutely stupid or morons. Just tell Sony you home address, entry code amd where you keep your money, why don’t you?
True, but I don’t think we’re talking about the exclusive hot PS5 release of Chess Simulator '27
There are like a whole 3 games that are decent and Sony doesn’t want us to play anywhere else. Irking them just for that is enough reason.
Keep running to different ports and you run out of safe ports. It’s not about what you should buy - although buying-to-own is apparently a level of smart that the average de-furred ape doesn’t understand anymore, it’s about preserving choice. I already feel icky about Steam being (mostly) license based, but they’ve at least shown themselves to be trustworthy for the most part. The companies that would happily push an oligopoly, however, hell no.
I converted to PC some years ago and don’t see myself going back to console. That said, I can understand the appeal of why someone would prefer the no-fuss experience of a console and I don’t think it should be enshittified. Current console gamers may be too stupid to fight for their basic rights, but I’ll do it for them anyway, because one day, those morons could have kids who’re smarter than their parents and will have been fucked over by their forebears otherwise. I already hate my parent’s amd grandparent’s generations for being so nonplussed about things that my generation is as fucked as it is so it genuinely terrifies me to think of how fucked the generations after mine could be if someone doesn’t wake the fuck up and draw a line in the sand.
Here’s hoping the punishment will be severe, unlike other instances of companies defrauding customers.
I’d largely assume it disappeared into the black holes otherwise known as the C-Suite’s bank accounts.
Oh good, yet another $300m disappearing into the ether. Wonder if this will also be a tax write-off
Been looking forward to the release since the first demo
Depends on the game, but not a bad suggestion either. Mostly comes down to whether they can afford the rent on their salary this month.
Hell, if it’s about supporting your mate specifically, give them the money directly and pirate the game you want. More chance they’ll see so much as a dime for it.
Nah, nah, nah. If you use non-genuine parts in a Switch, a group of well-dressed Japanese men arrive at your door. I’ve never seen one of these visitees again to find out what happens after.
The DRM engages and instantly incinerates your Steam library. Not just the downloaded games.
Fable 2! For the love of all that is morally nebulous, give us Fable 2!
Sadly, that’s a reality of everything right now, though I suspect it still wouldn’t be cheap even without the AIpocolypse going on. We’re a far spit away from the days of cheap GPUs like the GT710-30 that were basically glorified HDMI adaptors.
When you buy from GOG, you get an installer executable, instead of some DRM-infected mess. A lot of people prefer the ease-of-use of Steam’s launcher having your library in one place and only a couple of clicks being necessary to install a game, have play data (achievements, play time and such), things like that. Galaxy is GOG’s attempt to bridge that gap, but also isn’t necessary to install or launch games, unlike most things (not all, but most) on Steam.
I’d put it firmly in the “better than onboard, but not good enough for discreet” territory. I can see the 8gig version having some usability, but it’s certainly not going to be running anything triple ehh from the last decade.
No doubt the same shareholders who’ve ‘diversified’ and have some stake in componentry being prohibitively expensive too.
I think basically everything Sony’s simultaneously doing and not doing right now is inexplicable.
Gotta keep hope, otherwise what’s the point, right?
The ones who blindly believe their games are safe just because they’re Steam, yes. Gabe has shown to generally be on the side of the gamers and the free market (free as in choice), but it’s foolish to not be concerned about what happens in a Post-Gabe Steam landscape.
While Steam is leaps better than the walled gardens that are loudly pushing for full monopolies now that the masks are off, it was still massively controversial back when it launched and the concept of a wholly digital library was uncomfortable for a lot of people. Those concerns only went away once DLCs were shoe-horned into every game being released in the late 00s, normalising the concept, and have now resurged thanks to Sony showing how happy they are to delete digital libraries that were labelled ‘purchase’ and ‘buy’ at the time of sale. Twice.
Short of GOG’s approach of giving the full executable with no DRM requirements and things like the recent mandate in China to be able to pass on one’s digital library, digital holds no value and has little difference from throwing money in a dumpster fire. At the very bare minimum, there needs to be legally-mandated full-disclosure agreements at the time of sale to inform the customer of how long they’re renting a product for. Not some nebulous warning of “We can remove this from you at any time of our choosing, with barely a lift of our finger and with almost no warning or avenues for compensation”. That is the line of theft and anyone who is supporting it is not only fighting against their own interests, but actively screwing over everyone else too.