sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoQuote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are brokenwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1921arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-222 hours agoI remember when street fighter 2 was released for the SNES. Our store had it at 64.99 and that’s in 1990-something dollars. Games have always been expensive, especially when hyped and already popular But I still have an SNES and SF2 and can play it whenever I want. No chance a licensing server rejects me or a lic is flagged invalid in the future. That’s the difference. I know as long as the hardware works, I can always use that game.
I remember when street fighter 2 was released for the SNES. Our store had it at 64.99 and that’s in 1990-something dollars.
Games have always been expensive, especially when hyped and already popular
But I still have an SNES and SF2 and can play it whenever I want. No chance a licensing server rejects me or a lic is flagged invalid in the future.
That’s the difference. I know as long as the hardware works, I can always use that game.