Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital"

• TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No. Video games are fundamentally artistic expression. If YOU choose to engage with them commercially then you do so at the creators direction and on their terms.

  We’re not talking about public utilities, survival essentials, or any other tangible goods. We are talking about something inherently experiential in nature.

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  • tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah I mean I agree with you on the topic of video games in general. It’s cool. But like I said, this original article, movement, etc, is for video games that are sold to customers for money and for profit.

    If YOU choose to engage with them commercially then you do so at the creators direction and on their terms.

    Yes, and I said that the consumers in general can coerce creators by choosing which works to engage with. Again, If the creator of a for-profit work must (more or less) present their work in a specific way otherwise no-body will buy it, that is coercion and a slight to the creator’s authority, no? (Bolded for emphasis)

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    • TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You might have a point if indie development and publishing wasn’t in the middle of literal renaissance… Things made the way YOU prefer are hardly disappearing. If AAA gaming isn’t for you anymore, then move on; no need to announce your departure.

      Again, my problem is people in these types of threads, and frankly outlets like GamesRadar, presenting their opinions as though they represent opinions of anything other than a loud and incredibly tiny minority of the 3,700,000,000 gamers in the world right now.

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      • tomalley8342@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I think you responded to the wrong post 😅

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