Exactly this. I would 100% buy AC: Mirage if it worked on my Apple TV natively (since you can use a controller) and Ubisoft didn’t suck a big fat donkey dick. They can go to hell with their Ubisoft Connect bullshit.

I didn’t have to. You’ve given reasons for why not to play those games. You’re just pretending like they’re reasons for not paying for them rather than for not playing them.

And they’re not personal attacks because they’re not directed towards just you. I’ve given plenty of evidence and reason for why people who do so are entitled. A personal attack is attacking the person making the argument. My argument is that people are making excuses because they’re entitled.

Again, you’re just making excuses. You are exactly the type of person who feels entitled to these things. There is no right that you have to play games that you want to play just because you don’t like the surrounding situation. You can also just not play those games. There are plenty of wonderful games from indie devs without all of those things that you can play and reward them with your time and money but you’re choosing to play games from companies who do those things because of your sense of entitlement and then attempt to make excuses to justify your entitlement.

No one is forcing you to do these things. You’re choosing to do them.

1. I never said any of that so that’s a very robust straw man

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2. We’re not talking about things that aren’t legally available. This thread and discussion is about games that are available for purchase but whose users feel entitled to play without paying despite enjoying the game.

They’re both very nice straw men, though. I especially love their little hats.

If I believed that even half of the people that pirated these games couldn’t afford them, I’d agree with you. The reality is that most digital piracy is perpetuated by people who are well-off and have lots of tech, access to broadband internet, and high-end gaming computers.

Then you’re one of the good ones.

That’s not where I’m coming from. The “you’ve lost nothing” excuse is just an excuse. These people put their time, money, and talent into their games and people who are entitled and can afford to buy them don’t. My company made a game before and people played it for weeks and pirated it. Some of our top players by time were people who pirated the game. You can’t tell me that the game isn’t worth paying for if you’re spending that much time playing it. Some devs can get to the point of where Slay the Princess is and the actual sales can sustain the company and so the minimal pirating just encourages word of mouth sales. Most game devs don’t have that luxury. They’re trying to make a living and sustain themselves and entitled shits are leeching off their time and effort.

If you enjoy something, pay for it. Otherwise, you’re voting with your wallet for the wrong things.

Despite some of my objections, I almost feel like you have to pirate Ubisoft games. Their launcher ruins nearly every single Ubisoft game I’ve played and makes the games crashy, unplayable messes even when the games themselves are enjoyable.

It’s not about cost. Their time and talent have value. They should be rewarded for that time and talent.

Yes, and, also unfortunately, people here will bend over backwards to justify it.

That doesn’t entitle someone to their time and effort, though.

This is the right attitude towards piracy. Pirate it first, then pay if you feel it was worth it.

Why is a 2 year old article being posted now?

Not technically in their bedrooms but made by students - Narbacular Drop. It was the game that spawned Portal. It’s not a great game, per se, but I’ll never forget the paradigm-shifting moment I had when I realized what was happening.

Valve ended up hiring the entire team to work on Portal.

That’s one opinion. The other is that I like that all my devices operate seamlessly with each other and save me time and aggravation. I like that I can give my parents Apple products and not worry about them downloading things that might compromise their data or mess up their devices. The fact that limits exist is exactly what I like about Apple products. When I pick them up, they work.

I say this as a current and previous owner of multiple PCs that I built myself and multiple Android devices. I used to love dicking around with all that stuff. Now I just need it to work and I need it to be secure and reliable. I get that with Apple products. I don’t get that with Linux, Windows, or Android anymore.

There are apps for the Quest that can do that.

Tried the Vision at the mall today, though, and it’s pretty awesome. I had an experience I’ve never had in VR yet - when shown heights, my body actually reacted as if it was real.

Guess what? I don’t subscribe to either. I cancelled Netflix after that nonsense and I cancelled Disney 2 days ago. Live by your principles. You whining like a mule on Lemmy does nothing.

The irony of your response is hilarious.

Why? It’s meaningless. Don’t buy the copycat products, then. The only reason they exist is because people buy them.

There’s already competing products just like with the iPhone. If this thing succeeds, it will succeed despite that, not because of it.

Then don’t buy their products. It’s just weird to me that people want to complain so incessantly about a garden they don’t have to live in.

It’s crazy to me how many of you people don’t understand this - most people like the walled garden. It’s fine if it’s not for us techies. That’s not who it’s for.

Not to mention how absolutely bonkers stupid that sounds… What in the world is Harmonix doing?

There’s no line. Let people play their games how they want. Jesus…

I see it’s not your first rodeo…

Agreed. A remake with the newer mechanics would be welcome. A remaster is just lazy.

That’s not waffling… both of those things can be true. It currently works and will continue to but it may stop working in the future depending on what updates happen.

It really is terrible. My attempt at translation: “The Day Before” is some zombie game maybe? And this new game is a rival to that? And it was made by the dev team that made Dave the Diver? And they released a 20 minute video of it? Maybe? Who the fuck knows…?

Hard agree. That game is what I hope the future of games is like. Meeting Jeff is one of my favorite moments in gaming.

Not only is it not what he means but this same asshole would probably force devs to add padded objectives just so he could claim it takes more hours to finish. The new GTA will have 1000 missions where you have to walk across the whole map to retrieve some object that needs to be walked back to the other side if this dick gets his way. It’ll be the first game in history where it takes 2 years to 100% it and costs $200 so it’s a steal - only $100 per year of gameplay!

I am also an expert complimentator. Nice face fur!!

You forgot the biggest change - Azrael as Batman during Knightfall. That went for quite a while.

750 x 0 is still 0.

One of the few games that I will buy on Day 1 for PS5 and again on Day 1 for PC. I will keep giving them money as long as they keep dropping bombtracks.

Edit: I really wonder why this is downvoted…

Still is, my dude. The “All pods launched” sound effect from the first level will be stuck in my head forever, I’ve heard it so many times. If you haven’t played Q2RTX, I highly recommend it. It’s like a fresh coat of paint on an old classic.

I’m still playing DooM. Nothing will ever top it.

Same! The first one was one of those games where the story was kind of a nonsense excuse for interesting puzzles until it wasn’t and I totally got sucked in and started reading all the files and documents I could.

Really excited for this!

The ability to download an emulator is a feature of Android. The ability to emulate games is not. That is a feature of the emulator that you downloaded. If I add a hydraulic suspension to a Ford Focus, that doesn’t mean that hydraulics are a feature of a Ford Focus. If you have to add it, it is, by definition, not a feature.

I am not wrong. A feature of an OS is something that comes with the OS. “Being able to download an app” is a feature of the OS. “Being able to use a camera as a webcam” is a feature of an app that you downloaded. You’re wrong but you’re just arguing semantics dishonestly because otherwise you have to admit it’s not a feature. If it was a feature of the OS, you wouldn’t need to download something to get that feature.

You said that “if you can download something, it’s a feature of the OS”. That is not true. If it was a feature of the OS, you wouldn’t need to download it, plain and simple.

What a straw man! First off, YouTube.com exists so your point is not only stupid but wrong. And secondly, I never said that. This is a first-party feature being added to the OS a year after Apple added it to iOS. That’s why I’m comparing.