Anti-piracy DRM solutions like Denuvo don't do a great job at stopping illegal sharing, and the gaming industry is surely looking at alternatives. Rather than techological, I think the answer is contractual. I break down the history of game piracy and where I think it's headed next.
I just find it crazy what people can come up with about how I feel based off a couple of lines about how i feel on video game subscriptions. I dont care because i dont have the time or money to care about video games anymore like that. Instead of me buying 1 game for the price of my subscription i am playing most of the best games that came out over the past 5 years and right now thats all that works for me, thats it. My collection which i think people think is some super impressive thing is just 2 cardboard boxes filled with a few game consoles that i never sold and most of it got thrown out last fall due to a flood so this is all i got left. Im pretty sure everyone here could buy what i have still for not much more than what i originally paid for it. I also am not rich, and most of the stuff you all say i agree with. I obviously do not want to see video games go the way its going but i am pretty sure nobody will be able to change any of that. Im probably more broke than most of you arguing with me, i mean i just filed for bankrupcy a month ago and go to court next week to finalize everything, but yeah sure fuck me and my 1 opinion about how this 1 subscription service works for me right now and i actually enjoy it. Like me not paying for it will change the industry for everyone.
I hear the bankruptcy and the flood, genuinely, that’s a rough year and I’m not here to pile onto that.
But I’d push back gently on “this is just what works for me right now.” I’ve been through a fire myself. Entertainment wasn’t the priority either, but I still consumed it, through what I already owned and what was free. There are thousands of free titles out there, plus whatever’s already sitting in that flood-surviving collection. None of that requires a subscription to a company that’s actively part of the problem we’re talking about.
The critique was never about judging someone for being broke. It’s about where the money goes when there’s a free or already-owned alternative available. One subscription is like one vote, it won’t single-handedly move Sony, but in aggregate that’s exactly the mechanism that got us here. You don’t have to be the parasite class to still be feeding it, even on a tight budget.
I just find it crazy what people can come up with about how I feel based off a couple of lines about how i feel on video game subscriptions. I dont care because i dont have the time or money to care about video games anymore like that. Instead of me buying 1 game for the price of my subscription i am playing most of the best games that came out over the past 5 years and right now thats all that works for me, thats it. My collection which i think people think is some super impressive thing is just 2 cardboard boxes filled with a few game consoles that i never sold and most of it got thrown out last fall due to a flood so this is all i got left. Im pretty sure everyone here could buy what i have still for not much more than what i originally paid for it. I also am not rich, and most of the stuff you all say i agree with. I obviously do not want to see video games go the way its going but i am pretty sure nobody will be able to change any of that. Im probably more broke than most of you arguing with me, i mean i just filed for bankrupcy a month ago and go to court next week to finalize everything, but yeah sure fuck me and my 1 opinion about how this 1 subscription service works for me right now and i actually enjoy it. Like me not paying for it will change the industry for everyone.
I hear the bankruptcy and the flood, genuinely, that’s a rough year and I’m not here to pile onto that.
But I’d push back gently on “this is just what works for me right now.” I’ve been through a fire myself. Entertainment wasn’t the priority either, but I still consumed it, through what I already owned and what was free. There are thousands of free titles out there, plus whatever’s already sitting in that flood-surviving collection. None of that requires a subscription to a company that’s actively part of the problem we’re talking about.
The critique was never about judging someone for being broke. It’s about where the money goes when there’s a free or already-owned alternative available. One subscription is like one vote, it won’t single-handedly move Sony, but in aggregate that’s exactly the mechanism that got us here. You don’t have to be the parasite class to still be feeding it, even on a tight budget.