Why is gaming so anti-consumer?

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Arvaos 10 Jul @ 2:37pm

From Nintendo banning customers for playing pre-owned games to Ubisoft telling owners of their games that they don't actually own them. What happened to the industry?

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Taffer 10 Jul @ 2:39pm

Capitalism, next question

Bind0fGod 10 Jul @ 2:39pm

Short Answer: Money

Long Answer: It went from a hobby made by gamers to a hobby made by people who couldn't make it in the tech industry or hollywood . They needed these workers because the scale and budget went 10x

Last edited by Bind0fGod; 10 Jul @ 2:40pm

Bassturd 10 Jul @ 2:40pm

Originally posted by Taffer:
Capitalism, next question

best answer so far.

full of aura 10 Jul @ 2:44pm

because they need money

HypersleepyNaputunia 10 Jul @ 2:46pm

Current state as i know it

No online required, no asking pwrmission to play

Ps1,ps2,ps3 you own your games buy the bluray its yours sell it when you want

Nes, snes, cube, n64 own it

Xbox, xbox1, own it

Semi forced online consoles

Switch 1 have to give email, some games force you online to update. After this you can own a lot of cartridges but not all. Hogwarts legacy wont let you play full till online, borderlands collection only 1 is on cartridge, forced online to download rest

Pc

Gog own it, store it forever its yours, cant sell it though

Steam ask permission to install, forced email, can play offline but cant install from offline bo reselling game or account

Epic same thing

Old dvd games pre 2010 own it forever, resell it. Diablo2 dvd put it on ebay sell it if want

Last edited by HypersleepyNaputunia; 10 Jul @ 2:49pm

Masque 10 Jul @ 2:46pm

AAA gaming.

Buy indie games from companies who respect and value the players.

steven1mac 10 Jul @ 2:51pm

https://youtu.be/cWviz_ZiDfw

Tsumugi 10 Jul @ 2:55pm

I blame people who blindly eat up DLC, regardless of quality. Proves to studios that they can pump out a blatantly unfinished game and sell what should've been part of the full release as a season pass or whatever and people will eat it up. (See: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis / The Answer)

Walkin'Ghost [GER] 10 Jul @ 2:55pm

Consum terror

Fuki 10 Jul @ 2:57pm

Originally posted by Bassturd:
Originally posted by Taffer:
Capitalism, next question

best answer so far.

Reactions are projection

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Drain 10 Jul @ 2:57pm

"ubisoft telling owners of their games that they don't actually own them.:
-People keep acting like this is news but it isn't. You don't own any game on a DRM client, be it steam, epic, origin, uplay, battlenet, or whatever. They've sold you "access" to the game, access which they can shut off, if they ever feel like doing so.

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Doctor Go-Go 10 Jul @ 2:59pm

It was an innovative thing struggling to become something great since the mid 90's. Developed grew lost it's roots becoming another cash cow. LOST MOST if not all inspiration.

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HypersleepyNaputunia 10 Jul @ 3:00pm

You can own assassins creed 123 and maybe 4 on ps3 and resell it if you dont want to be forced to rent thwir version

Simcity is locked down ea forces you to ask permission

The new star wars stuff too.

The old star wars ea you cab find xbox or ps version and own

Think im shadow banned cant post

Last edited by HypersleepyNaputunia; 10 Jul @ 3:18pm

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