• nthavoc@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Greedy old man attempting to persuade other ignorant old men in whatever body of government that somehow videos games are finite and expire when we clearly have original Pacman and Pong arcade cabinets still in existence and completely functional. That whole “we can only provide service for so long” is a bullshit argument. I hope the EU puts him and other assholes like him in their place. “Woe is me” dev excuses are getting really old.

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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      23 hours ago

      It’s fair to say they can’t support games forever. But in that case make games that don’t need support forever or provide the software to run the games for free after some time.

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        19 hours ago

        I agree. I don’t expect companies to perpetually support these games. When they feel like no more money is to be made, then they should release it from lock down or release the server software and let someone else host it. Used to be a time where mod tools and dedicated servers were released with the game and whole new games were made. Counter Strike and Team Fortress are examples of this.

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      14 hours ago

      Your unwarranted sexism here is weird, gross, and unnecessary. The EU parliament is not perfectly 50/50 but it’s not that far off.