Well now it seems they’ve become the dog with two bones
Comment on Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 4 months agoJust corporate greed for more of you data to sell.
Wytch@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Katana314@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I expect media companies to be greedy. What feels absurd is when they act out of blind, unmonetized efforts of control that seem to hurt their bottom line - like forcing employees to commute instead of work from home.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
This one made me wonder if they don’t get telemetrics about how people are playing the game to improve the game (or build a new game) from without doing this. And if that same data would be valuable to data brokers in general or if it’s more valuable as an internal trade secret.
catloaf@lemm.ee 4 months ago
They already have this data to improve the game. They basically have a DM watching everything and managing play. This is just for Sony.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Yes, it would be just for Sony to get it; not meaning to say it isn’t collected at all by the developer. Before this, I would have thought they’d share that anyway.
catloaf@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I’m sure they do. I mean this is for Sony to pad their numbers for active paying accounts.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 months ago
In my experience with telemetry, it’s100% about understanding how the product is performing and being used, and 0% about monitoring individual users. Telemetry data has little to no value for anyone not directly supporting the product.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 months ago
techcrunch.com/…/researchers-spotlight-the-lie-of…
(Telemetry / tracking / meta) data absolutely has value outside of people directly supporting a product (any product, not just a game).