- cross-posted to:
- gaming@lemmy.zip
- syd ( @syd@lemy.lol ) 16•5 months ago
Fuck EA. If EA offered a game for $0.001, I’d still pirate it.
- Melt ( @Melt@lemm.ee ) 9•5 months ago
If EA offers something like that, it’s gonna come with string attached. It’s like making deals with the devil
- umbrella ( @umbrella@lemmy.ml ) 4•5 months ago
hence why 🏴☠️
- FiveMacs ( @Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ) 3•5 months ago
I wouldn’t even pirate their games.
- 0xtero ( @0xtero@beehaw.org ) 9•5 months ago
In conclusion, Fuck EA. End of message.
- randomaside ( @randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 9•5 months ago
The only people that are going to stop this behavior are going to be Valve. They need to get on the stopkillinggames.com bandwagon because they are affected the most.
All these constant demands for refunds because a developer violates the terms of agreement by adding DRM or additional online service requirements months after the initial release that makes your product now unplayable is more than a trend. It’s the future of the steamdeck if Valve doesn’t do something about it.
- blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) 7•5 months ago
idk… I feel like Valve might be the one with the power to stop this already with refunds. It sucks for them, since they’ll lose their cut of the sale, but if they refund thousands of copies at full price, it adds a financial disincentive for publishers.
If Valve made it a policy to automatically refund games to anyone who asks after DRM is added, that might help encourage more users to request refunds, so publishers might be less inclined to add Linux-breaking DRM (good for Valve), and get more goodwill from gamers, but it will also cost Valve more in fees, and encourage publisher pushback against Steam’s perceived monopoly.
I have no way to speculate which of those incentives is more important for Valve.
- Auli ( @Auli@lemmy.ca ) 1•4 months ago
I’m starting to think this stuff is on purpose now. Release game get good sales add drm so some peopl can’t play. Still have good better sales then you would have.
- Dark Arc ( @Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ) 2•5 months ago
Well… That sucks. It looked like a decent update on Dirt Rally 2 as well
- applepie ( @applepie@kbin.social ) 2•5 months ago
After bf5, never buying ea game.
Fuck you, i don’t need your shiti games.
Got a back log for a decade due too poor impulse control when I was younger anyway