I’m not aware of really any small developers pulling stunts like Ubisoft is doing. And there’s always the option to limit new laws to bigger publishers, like the EU is doing with the DMA.
The art argument is not nonsense, not sure where you get the idea. Games like Assassin’s Creed 2 have influenced many people in their design choices for their own games.
And of course there’s something wrong when a company takes away access to singleplayer games you bought, just because they use always-online DRM and don’t want to pay for the servers. These games don’t take away space from new games, it’s a ridiculous idea that them dying off is improving the situation for new games. It’s also ridiculous to think “hey, someone can just develop a game like the old one!”.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
You can call it ridiculous but it doesnt make it less true.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Of course it’s ridiculous and untrue. You can’t “just” develop a game like Assassins Creed 2.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Why not?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Because it’s a massive time and money investment, because the market and gaming landscape has changed, because mechanics and approaches can be patented, …
It’s a game with a story. You can’t just create a literal copy of that story since it connects to the story of the games before and after it. Come on, this isn’t hard to understand.