Comment on Gaming industry right now

Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Erusset@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Correct but gross. Leasing.

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  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, it should be listed as purchasing anymore, since you dont own it

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Or – hear me out – the distributors should be criminally prosecuted for fraud and theft for having represented it as a sale and then reneging on it/stealing it back from the buyers.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yes that is my favorite way of handling it

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    • Magnum@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You are buying a temporary revokable license to play the game.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah, that’s what they are manufacturing your consent for

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• rem26_art@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  they saw what Blockbuster's was doing with their physical games and then said "hold my beer"

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  • lengau@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Blockbuster was honest about what they were doing and provided a valuable service.

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  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I want game rentals back… It was great, basically a euro per day. So many games I tried just because our was cheap enough to try risk free.

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