Comment on Physical Video Game Software Dollar Sales Plunged to an All-Time July Low of Just $85 Million in the US — the Worst Total Since Tracking Began in 1995

• godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So don’t be cattle and give up ownership for convenience? Greedy corporations listen to one thing.

  Physical is simply where more ownership tends to exist.

  And if it doesn’t? Fuck your closed off platform, if I’m forced into digital, I can get it on PC with mods, version states, often better performance, and possibly even some levels of ownership if DRM free versions exist for purchase.

  Make informed decisions. This is also why we’re loosing our freedoms to fascism around the world as we choose convenience over our freedoms and rights.

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  • novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Right… the lack of making informed consumer decisions is the cause of the rise of fascism. Got it.

    And I mean physical games will just stop being made, so good luck keeping ownership of those.

    I think the solution is to pirate, and start stockpiling memory.

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    • godsammitdam@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right… the lack of making informed consumer decisions is the cause of the rise of fascism. Got it.

      Are you saying that single issue voters are well informed? Lol. It’s the same mentality. If people informed themselves a little more they’d realize immigrants, trans folk, etc aren’t the problem. But it’s convenient to be told what to think by others.

      And I mean physical games will just stop being made, so good luck keeping ownership of those.

      Exactly what SKG and many others are/should be doing is pushing legislators for ownership and consumer rights.

      I think the solution is to pirate, and start stockpiling memory.

      Stockpile physical media too and ensure it’s preserved. And pivot your purchases to open hardware platforms (like PC) and platforms that better respect ownership (like GoG) to support them. Contribute to emulation and the cracking of games for preservation. It’s a yes, and situation.

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      • novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Physical media that exists for games doesn’t last so if it’s not constantly produced it will just decay in a few years.

        Legislation should allow game archiving (pirating) and archivists should work to find a way to best keep the games. If thats physically somehow, sure. But I doubt it. Games are digital.

        There’s basically no serious longterm digital data archiving that is kept in discrete physical media.

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• raze2012@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If a format is “superior”, but is made “inferior”, is it truly “superior” to begin with?

  We can daydream about ways to resell, keep, and lend our digital goods. But I’m more judging in the current day.

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  • novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I dream of a world without anti-piracy laws where old games are simply publicly available for all. We have different ideas of what the problem is here.

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