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PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It plays into the "you'll own nothing and be happy" trend being pushed all around the economy.

The ultimate goal of the subscription services is to leave us with nothing if we don't bring an ever increasing heap of cash every month. It is also to empower services to ban us for any reason, not even necessarily legal one, taking away everything we considered "ours".

So, while it's nice to have options, one shouldn't negate the other. Sure, cloud gaming is handy when you're on the go, or if you are a very occasional gamer, but it shouldn't become the solution, even if there's a large corporate interest in making it so.