Comment on #StopPayingGames
Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoPicture actual headlines.
Gaming is pricing people out of the hobby
You don’t own what you purchase
The major players are using their monopoly powers to drive up prices
All the major studios that make the games you love were bought up and now are being shuttered
AI is replacing programmers and artists
Also, we ain’t winning this battle by convincing the poors to care about video games preservation.
hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What game company has monopoly powers?
Katana314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m going to guess he’ll say all of them. After all, Squirrel with a Gun devs are the only ones allowed to sell copies of Squirrel with a Gun.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Steam currently has a 75% market share and has been engaging in price fixing for years now.
hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Fair enough, Steam has been criticized for their 30% cut