Games as a service has always been a scam. They use literally addictive gambling traps to keep people hooked to a money drip feeder with season passes and loot boxes.
All that only to rip the plug out when the servers are on life support.
Avoid them just like preordering. They are no benefit to the players.
Agentic Ai is a huge privacy threat! Fuck giving Ai root access to your devices!
Games as a service is a scam and goes hand in hand with gambling and addictive mechanics used to keep people hooked. It’s absolutely toxic.
Nintendo is a corporate shithole but at least they make some sort of semblance of non abusive games.
“Portable gaming” is always welcome but the business model of phone games is fucking disgusting.
Always gotta recommend Keepetclassy! Gabe and Amber are two Australian friends who have been making gaming videos for a while now. Amber is trans and often speaks about her experiences now which is always interesting.
Can also highly recommend Skurry. They make some really cozy videos on metrodvanias and the like.
Buying new games is decreasing in value sharply. They are releasing broken games, overpriced and with invasive DRM.
Play games 2+ years delayed. They are completely fixed and in a playable state, reasonably priced with frequent sales and some games get their shit DRM removed for better performance.
And no. Games as a service and fomo are NOT enough to buy games on day one.
Taking bets! Now that it’s on unreal engine, is it gonna support mods?
I’m calling that it won’t have mods and this is them shutting down future Skyblivion and Fallout UK projects without pissing off the fans.
Slowly boil the fanbase frogs and they won’t notice that the creation club is the only option left. Be sure to buy their micropayment currency! 🤮
One shiny red apple on a pile of rotting fruit does not make an apple pie.
Games as a service was always enshittification wearing a trench coat. TF2 and MMOs back in the day were merely bait.