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"

• DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Steam will go away long after PlayStation or Xbox will and I’ll likely be dead by then.

  And actually, my discs WILL still work because I rip them and save the contents because I’m not letting some shitty company take my shit away.

  I have had a few discs degrade that I had to get rid same with books but I just downloaded a pirated copy of both with absolutely ZERO remorse because I already bought the media once. I should be allowed to access it privately for 80 years because I paid for it.

  Steam is the only store that let’s this still happen. You are right that steam will change soon (Gabe dies) but even the smoldering ashes of the largest video game storefront in the world will outlast PlayStation and Xbox by miles.

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  • TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You big delulu bro…

    You’re so culturally illiterate you can’t see past your western European garden wall to the broader world around you.

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    • DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I noticed you didn’t have an answer to burning Picasso’s or other artists work after they die.

      Why?

      Someone bought it from them but should that have given them the right to hang it on their wall until they die? They didn’t paint it. Picasso can’t make money off of it anymore.

      Should that purchase have been taken away on expiration of the creator?

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      • TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There would be absolutely nothing wrong with Picasso or DaVinci burning their works, and MANY artists throughout history have done just that. Look at Banksy’s “Love is in the Bin” for a modern take. I really don’t care what other people do with their art, its none of my business; this seems to be the core issue most of you are struggling with.

        I have no expectation of finding like minds in online gaming communities for exactly the reasons of proportionality I have already stated. Gaming media, and gaming social media is a poor approximation of the opinions of the majority of gamers, as they don’t engage in either.

        I am here explicitly to engage with fundamentalism as its a good reminder of how rigid and irrational people can get when they let their emotions dictate their opinions and actions. See you are emotionally invested in the outcome of this physical media issue. I literally do not care what happens. In some ways, the public (albeit minority) discourse around this issue is performative, and arguably functions as an extension of entire video game art ecosystem; we are both taking part in a collaborative performance right now.

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