Comment on Anon buys a game for the switch 2

• Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not the convenience of the consumer but rather that of the provider They don’t want you to pirate their games, not even sharing the disk. We don’t own what we pay for anymore.

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  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Which is funny, because those are exactly the kind of anti-consumer practices that drive people to piracy.

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• sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not about convenience. It is about control, and manipulation. There is only one thing important and it is money.

  Corpos, are trying their hardest to cut corners on every opportunity. It was promised that digital games where to be cheaper than the physical alternative - but alas that promise was broken when all that did was tie the customer down into a literal monopoly.

  In my experience, some indie games still have that “charm”. So it’s not about convenience, it’s caring about your customers.

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Steam did pretty much fulfill the promise of cheap digital games. Though we’re definitely fucked once they (or the game publishers) decide to fuck up their ecosystem or just not do the really big discounts anymore.

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  • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Some publishers have mentioned that the cards available are too slow for their games (the internal storage is much faster).

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• AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I remember hiring games…

  What games did you hire? I wonder how good link would be at gardening. I know I’d take Mario as a plumber. Samus as an exterminator?

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  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Samus as an exterminator?

    I prefer my home free of missile damage thanks

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Samus who won’t kill the baby bug, thus creating a bigger problem.

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