• iAmTheTot@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Between always online games, and Starfield confirmed not having a physical disc release, I am weary for the future of gaming.

    • RealM@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      Don’t worry.
      At the end of the day, a good piece of art will always be the one thing that stays in people’s minds.

      Sure, “triple A” gaming might crash and burn if it’s built on endless growth and monetization, but indie games will always be there.

    • hydro033@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      Blame the era of rampant gaming piracy. No disc is fine, useless overhead that’s just more plastic in a landfill.

      • TheRealNeenja@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        Steam, as well as numerous other marketplaces, have already proven the piracy boogeyman was nonsense.

        The overwhelming majority of customers are happy to pay for games as long as it’s not a giant pain in the ass to do so. The people that pirate games either:

        1. Lack the money to buy the game in the first place in their budget
        2. Were motivated by the act of piracy itself

        Neither were actually going to pay for the game in the first place. And with the significant increase in both risk and awareness regarding information security, people that were “on the fence” for one of the above reasons have a high probability of deciding not to pirate just to play it safe.

        • subignition@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Don’t forget the third category, paying customers who cannot play the game due to problems with overreaching DRM.

      • Yewb@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        They want us to eventually just pay monthly forever to own nothing, that is where we are going,.
        This will lead to more piracy – I am sure some community is already working to reverse engineer the servers for D4 without blizzard.

        Also fuck bobby kotick for ruining a whole generation of gaming.

      • sadreality@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        bootlicker spotted

        because some clown did something IP owner did not like, every customer needs to be treated like a criminal… logic checks out, simp

        y’all keep simping harder… more people will sail ;)