I’d argue the right fight here is to reliably obtain “permanent ownership” for either kind of purchase. Anyone who bought their games digitally for the past generation and doesn’t follow gaming news (basically a silent majority of gamers) probably doesn’t even care about this ongoing disc backlash/boycott.
But highlighting things like the sudden pull of people’s owned movies, that may matter to them when applied to games.
MrNesser@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I see no reason not to pirate a game I bought digitally if it is then removed as a playable game.
I bought it spent time in it the achievements and memories tied to that game are mine and mine alone.
Katana314@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Okay. You’ll basically not be a demographic they serve anymore.
Put it this way. This year had some great singleplayer games. Some of those were funded by terrible publishers. If, in a later year, that publisher sees “Huh, 95% of people pirate this game, only 5% buy it”, then they’ll just cancel all upcoming singleplayer games, and greenlight 20 more live service or gacha games, because that’s where the MONEY is.
“Vote with your wallet” works in two ways. Pirating mostly shows up as a stay-at-home voter, or a corpse.
MrNesser@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
If they pull a game after it’s been sold and played then they don’t lose sales from that game.
They lose the fans that bought the original game.
Katana314@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Who is talking about pulling games post-sale? I specifically said “upcoming”. As in, shutting down game studios and future releases.
Your torrent list would get a lot shorter, unless you basically stay retro. Either way, you’d be an irrelevant consumer.