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 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 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.