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Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Mate I got it. I have all the free games from epic.

My point was that it’s not a “game” in the traditional sense. Anything online that requires a launcher is a licence.

Similar to me “purchasing” a film on prime. I don’t actually purchase the film, I purchase a license to access the file solely through their system.

They can revoke or lose that license and I lose access. Different to me buying a DVD and I can use it whenever I want as long as I have a DVD player.

I agree. I was just following on the point from above. It is shit that we can’t buy from company. I bought the game 10 years ago. Bit of double dipping. I’ve rebought a bunch of older games.

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otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s definitely a game in the modern sense. If you want games in the traditional sense, your choices are pretty much GOG and physical copies. And even those aren’t a guarantee, with things like…

“Physical copies” that are really just download codes or a DRM key on a disc

Day one patches

Patches that make the game drastically different than it was on launch, particularly when the game was drastically different (aka. shittier) on its unpatched launch

Games that require proprietary servers to run the game properly, and won’t be kept alive after a certain date because they won’t release the required code for fans to run their own servers

For a lot of gamers, “licenses to games” or any of the above cases make up the majority of the games they play. Yet we still call them gamers, we still call them games, and we still call it gaming.
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- SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Tell me you don’t understand business terms like “license” without telling me you don’t understand business terms like “license.”
  
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- Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Again I don’t disagree. I think untill gamers or consumers lobby the industry, we will keep getting shafted. None of those things listed help the consumer. Maybe patches and new updates but not if it doesn’t ship with a completely unbroken game
  
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