FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoThe End of Ownership. Sony’s announcement has fans worried they might never truly own their beloved games.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1181cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1181external-linkThe End of Ownership. Sony’s announcement has fans worried they might never truly own their beloved games.slate.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareSwitorik@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·17 hours agoI’m sure they are so upset that they’ll go and rent another $70 game from them to cope.
minus-squareFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 hours agoI won’t. I won’t buy any games from Sony for the foreseeable future
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI can live without their consoles for the rest of my game playing life. My God, it isn’t like they do anything daring like Nintendo or Sega. They offer no actual advantage over my existing pc beyond IP. Microsoft and Sony haven’t really pushed gaming hardware forward, and if they are just selling software then my graphics card does better.
minus-squareSwitorik@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·16 hours agoI’m just sick of the general population enabling this behavior.
minus-squareHerrVorragend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 hours agoMany gamers are like meth-heads. They just need their next fix, hence pre-orders for digital games. Even if GTA6 would need a donation of your blood and all of your personal information, I doubt that sales figures would take a significant hit.
I’m sure they are so upset that they’ll go and rent another $70 game from them to cope.
I won’t. I won’t buy any games from Sony for the foreseeable future
I can live without their consoles for the rest of my game playing life. My God, it isn’t like they do anything daring like Nintendo or Sega.
They offer no actual advantage over my existing pc beyond IP.
Microsoft and Sony haven’t really pushed gaming hardware forward, and if they are just selling software then my graphics card does better.
I’m just sick of the general population enabling this behavior.
Many gamers are like meth-heads. They just need their next fix, hence pre-orders for digital games.
Even if GTA6 would need a donation of your blood and all of your personal information, I doubt that sales figures would take a significant hit.