inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoAs The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPGwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
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minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoYes. The libertarian monopolist will save gaming.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAh yes, classic Steam, paying devs big money to make their new release exclusive to Steam and unable to be purchased on any other lau—oh wait, that was another company?! Well, at least now you have the capitalist monopoly here to save you! All hail!
minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoYou are aware there were other digital distribution platforms that Steam put out of business, by those practices. Hell. They made publishers release physical disc copies of PC games, only for forced Steam integration, locking the on disc content behind a wall.
Yes. The libertarian monopolist will save gaming.
Ah yes, classic Steam, paying devs big money to make their new release exclusive to Steam and unable to be purchased on any other lau—oh wait, that was another company?!
Well, at least now you have the capitalist monopoly here to save you! All hail!
You are aware there were other digital distribution platforms that Steam put out of business, by those practices.
Hell. They made publishers release physical disc copies of PC games, only for forced Steam integration, locking the on disc content behind a wall.