@[email protected] to [email protected] • 13 days agoThe PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirementwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]technologypcgaming
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•12 days agoThe vast majority of digital purchases are licenses, this isn’t something new or unique to Steam. Digital purchases where you actually own the product are more the exception than the rule.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 days agoEven when you were buying games on physical media, you didn’t own the software itself. You just owned a disc with the software on it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 days agoThen let’s support the good companies to make it the rule and not exception. The market won’t change until the consumer tells them what’s important
The vast majority of digital purchases are licenses, this isn’t something new or unique to Steam. Digital purchases where you actually own the product are more the exception than the rule.
Even when you were buying games on physical media, you didn’t own the software itself. You just owned a disc with the software on it.
Then let’s support the good companies to make it the rule and not exception. The market won’t change until the consumer tells them what’s important