sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoQuote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are brokenwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1683cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
arrow-up1683external-linkQuote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are brokenwww.windowscentral.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square101fedilinkcross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
minus-squareWilldrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-210 hours agoAs far as my account goes, even when publishers remove games, I still have access to my files. This is crucial for community led projects that revive game servers, like The Crew, Hawken or Blacklight Retribution. Sony is remotely deleting stuff (or more accurately, threatening to do so) Just to clarify: I still prefer buying on GOG but the catalog there is slimmer. Steam so far has been more aligned with their users’ rights. The fact that a company loses a license to something in a game disallows them to keep selling them, not stealing them back from their customers.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 hours ago even when publishers remove games, I still have access to my files. Your personal experience here is not relevant. Everyone lost access to their files when Valve allowed Sony to pull Concord from Steam. Or when Valve pulled Total War Arena, The Day Before, The Culling 2, etc. Sony is remotely deleting stuff Sony is not deleting anything. They’re just revoking your access to it.
As far as my account goes, even when publishers remove games, I still have access to my files.
This is crucial for community led projects that revive game servers, like The Crew, Hawken or Blacklight Retribution.
Sony is remotely deleting stuff (or more accurately, threatening to do so)
Just to clarify: I still prefer buying on GOG but the catalog there is slimmer. Steam so far has been more aligned with their users’ rights.
The fact that a company loses a license to something in a game disallows them to keep selling them, not stealing them back from their customers.
Your personal experience here is not relevant. Everyone lost access to their files when Valve allowed Sony to pull Concord from Steam.
Or when Valve pulled Total War Arena, The Day Before, The Culling 2, etc.
Sony is not deleting anything. They’re just revoking your access to it.