▲ 146 ▼ Game Pass Was Supposed To Save Xbox – Instead, It’s Killing the Company (www.ign.com) submitted 1 month ago by mereo@piefed.ca to c/games@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments "Netflix for games" has proven to be far from the ideal solution.
[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (2 children) I hate Microsoft. I love XBOX. I hate Nintendo. I love Nintendo games. I hate Sony. I loved Sony. I love VALVE. I love Steam. PC is the Endgame. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nullify3112@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children) Until Gabe has a heart attack, venture capitalists takes over and stab all the PC gamers in the back. I guess there will be warning signs and it’s still people to un-DRM some Steam games so for now we’re ok. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* People seem to forget Valve was ahead of the curve of being anti consumer. They were the first to really heavily push online DRM for single player games (Half Life 2) and made online marketplace games mainstream (TF2 store items like hats and CSGO skins). I wish they would make a new ground breaking single player game that wasn’t relegated to VR but I digress. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago People will have to buy exabytes of disk in a rush to download their Steam libraries, storage prices will soar (again). permalink fedilink source parent [–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 child) Sony has always been 'cool but evil' and haven't really changed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago I loved the little Sony laptops. Other than that, meh. They kept pushing weird proprietary things... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nullify3112@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children) Until Gabe has a heart attack, venture capitalists takes over and stab all the PC gamers in the back. I guess there will be warning signs and it’s still people to un-DRM some Steam games so for now we’re ok. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* People seem to forget Valve was ahead of the curve of being anti consumer. They were the first to really heavily push online DRM for single player games (Half Life 2) and made online marketplace games mainstream (TF2 store items like hats and CSGO skins). I wish they would make a new ground breaking single player game that wasn’t relegated to VR but I digress. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago People will have to buy exabytes of disk in a rush to download their Steam libraries, storage prices will soar (again). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* People seem to forget Valve was ahead of the curve of being anti consumer. They were the first to really heavily push online DRM for single player games (Half Life 2) and made online marketplace games mainstream (TF2 store items like hats and CSGO skins). I wish they would make a new ground breaking single player game that wasn’t relegated to VR but I digress. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago People will have to buy exabytes of disk in a rush to download their Steam libraries, storage prices will soar (again). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 child) Sony has always been 'cool but evil' and haven't really changed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago I loved the little Sony laptops. Other than that, meh. They kept pushing weird proprietary things... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago I loved the little Sony laptops. Other than that, meh. They kept pushing weird proprietary things... permalink fedilink source parent