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submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/34790413

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ah, but then there's a chance fewer people would buy the next piece of shit designed to extract their money.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yep, their argument against game preservation is that some people may use the preserved games for *shock* recreation!

That is an idiotic argument.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Replace *shock* with \*shock\*

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago
[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

You’ve nailed it with these two points.

I’d like to add they specifically want to determine when and where you access their IP.

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yep.

If its possible for someone to choose an older, less expensive game, then that means those games are market competitors for similar modern games, with more mechanics designed to coax money out of you.

Its basically a hyper charged version of planned obsolesence.

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