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Kanine posted:honestly "anti-consumer" has really rapidly become the new "ethics in gaming journalism" It's really annoying that "anti-consumer" is treated as a binary by the zeitgeist. Is it "anti-consumer" that Epic removes choices by buying exclusivity? Yes, kinda. Is it worse than, say, Valve specifically fighting against regulations to avoid having to offer refunds? No, not at all. From a range of "Not an issue at all" to "Equivalent to Comcast", it ranks at about "This is mildly inconvenient". Frankly, the elephant in the room is that moving games to digital distribution has caused some really serious issues concerning ownership of your games. The distribution method itself is pretty anti-consumer in that regard. If Valve turns off the servers, we better hope they're gracious enough to offer unlock keys for your purchased games. I'm guessing that it won't be at the top of their list of priorities if that happens. ryde fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Aug 7, 2019 |
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