@Kooks12onX Yes. It's all about annualized revenue. It's why Xbox does game pass when they'd make more money selling units instead. They need to project 5-10 years out.
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Lensar Dawn
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Lensar Dawn
@Lensar_dawn
Gen-X | Molon Labe | Former Software and Game Dev | X-Microsoft | Public Safety 🚫 No DMs 🚫
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Honestly, not surprised.
Every big corpo & corner of the world pushed for the never ending subscription services & destruction of private ownership.
The customer must always come back, be enslaved to the product/service, and be happy about owning nothing.
Call me a pessimist, but I don't believe we can vote or petition our way out of the current system.
Pirat_Nation 🔴@Pirat_Nation
Bad news, The European Commission has responded to the “Stop Destroying Videogames” initiative and decided not to make new laws about games becoming unplayable after support ends. Apparently those sneaky meetings with Ubisoft CEO and other companies did their job. Instead, it plans to bring together consumer groups and the video game industry to discuss better end-of-life practices and possibly create voluntary guidelines. The Stop Killing Games campaign said this was the outcome it expected. It is now shifting its efforts to the European Parliament, where it hopes to add protections for players through the upcoming Digital Fairness Act.
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@patrician_tv You're not a victim. Don't buy from companies you don't trust.
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>stop selling appliance model
>sorry, I have no legal obligation to keep the kill switch I installed from frying it
Dexerto@Dexerto
'Stop Killing Games' has failed to secure new EU legislation despite having 1.3 million signatures The EU says it “cannot propose a legal obligation” requiring publishers to keep games playable after they stop being sold commercially
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@701delta This law would mostly force smaller studios into using Steam for online only games.
But it would kill any real multiplayer tech advancement and deter development of server based games.
Corps like Xbox have dedicated teams for regulatory shit like this. Or did before this week
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We dodged a bullet.
I don’t want daddy state to harder oversee what can and can’t be done in video games.
If you actively support and call for the state to intervene in video games you’re genuinely just cattle.
You don’t like games as a service shutting down and leaving you out of things you paid for? DONT PLAY THEM, IS THAT SIMPLE.
Dexerto@Dexerto
'Stop Killing Games' has failed to secure new EU legislation despite having 1.3 million signatures The EU says it “cannot propose a legal obligation” requiring publishers to keep games playable after they stop being sold commercially
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Lensar Dawn retweetet
@Lensar_dawn Remember when you could throw out a wild idea and the guys would openly rib each other over how terrible it was... until it actually became a good one?
Now if you do the same, it’s straight to HR for microaggressions and/or bigotry.
GIF
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@ShitpostRock2 I believe it's called Asha_Saar.
Saar, Saar, we're going to ship many good games, saar. Sorry, saar. We scammed you, saar because you are dumb and we are super smart. Ha!
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>buys a bunch of game studios
>stacks their showcase presentations with games coming in 5-10 years from those studios
>shuts down the studios
What is this business strategy called?
Wario64@Wario64
The Verge: Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory "Staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, but they are hoping the studio will find a buyer." theverge.com/games/950204/x…
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@TheStrxggler Was there ever any doubt on this?
We're lucky the law wasn't weaponized by corporations to target indie devs.
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In other words, the gaming industry has more money than you.
Dexerto@Dexerto
'Stop Killing Games' has failed to secure new EU legislation despite having 1.3 million signatures The EU says it “cannot propose a legal obligation” requiring publishers to keep games playable after they stop being sold commercially
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@MegaMarian12350 @OfficialPCMR Ubisoft is NOT European. They are French.
And if you don't understand what I am saying here, it's probably a standard deviation IQ thing.
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@Lensar_dawn @OfficialPCMR Well, France is in the EU. That's the context.
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Today the European Commission has blocked the Citizen's initiative and refuses to "propose a legal obligation to keep video games playable after they stop being provided commercially", but says it "will engage with consumers and publishers [...] to explore ways to improve industry standards"
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@mepassistants The truth is, once you start donating millions in political contributions, you can be guaranteed results.
Signatures don't feed money-hungry politicians.
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Looking at the replies to the Commission's answer to the Stop Killing Game initiative, it shows one of the "issue" of the European Citizen Initiative system.
People believe that once you get 1 million signatures you are guaranteed results. It's not what ECIs are for. They force an issue on the agenda, and that's it. There's (fortunately) no obligation for the Commission to comply with the request.
If anything, an ECI is nothing more than a lobbying tool for civil society to *potentially* speedrun a legislative agenda. But it's not a cheat code.
Digital EU 🇪🇺@DigitalEU
Today, the @EU_Commission replied to the European Citizens Initiative "Stop Destroying Videogames". New legislation will not be proposed, but exchanges will be initiated with consumers & industry to improve the management of videogames' end-of-life. link.europa.eu/VXpmTY
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The gold you’ll find is real, but so is the danger.
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@MegaMarian12350 @OfficialPCMR No, it's because they are French.
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@OfficialPCMR Did you somehow think politicians were gonna side with you over all these rich corporations with lobbyists and political contributions?
We're lucky they didn't make it so it only affects companies with 50 or less employees.
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@Sevvy_707 It was naïve to ever think this was gonna go any other way.
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We all knew this is where the EU was going to land. They don’t care about people. They care about control.
Dexerto@Dexerto
'Stop Killing Games' has failed to secure new EU legislation despite having 1.3 million signatures The EU says it “cannot propose a legal obligation” requiring publishers to keep games playable after they stop being sold commercially
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@warmergray Seems to me like people have already been boycotting the studios being shut down, since no one bought their games.
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Honestly, it's time to #BoycottXbox
Stop giving #XBOX any money for anything. They are going to fire devs & close all these beloved studios anyway due to corporate greed. Withhold your money until every studio is spun off or independent. Snuff Xbox out of the market & existence.
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@DocStrangelove2 Are you guys all new here?
Did you somehow think politicians were gonna side with you over all these rich corporations with lobbyists and political contributions?
We're lucky they didn't make it so it only affects companies with 50 or less employees.
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I’m sure those closed door meetings with companies trying to kill SKG and EU reps were totally unrelated to this sudden 180.
Dexerto@Dexerto
'Stop Killing Games' has failed to secure new EU legislation despite having 1.3 million signatures The EU says it “cannot propose a legal obligation” requiring publishers to keep games playable after they stop being sold commercially
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@BlinPalacinka I started in the games industry in 1995. I've never felt piracy had a meaningful negative impact on sales.
In fact, it helps spread word-of-mouth.
Pirate away if you want, just be careful of viruses and shit.
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Reminder, piracy is moral if people in charge of studios can disable the game forever
Dexerto@Dexerto
'Stop Killing Games' has failed to secure new EU legislation despite having 1.3 million signatures The EU says it “cannot propose a legal obligation” requiring publishers to keep games playable after they stop being sold commercially
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@Lensar_dawn Yep, once the studio doesn't live on the revenue it generates - the incentives change from serving the audience what they want to serving the audience what you want. Then you still get the budget once, maybe twice, but those guys who want to serve the audience - they are gone.
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This also happened to every team at Microsoft from 2010 til now.
And yes, development got more expensive (dead weight), and the games starting sucking more because their focus was to "own the chuds."
LearningTheLaw ✝️@Mangalawyer
This picture of Bungie then vs. now should be shown to every AAA executive and investor before they approve another $300M project. Do that, and Western gaming might have a bright future again within five years.
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Lensar Dawn retweetet
@fandompulse Wokeness is a cancer that has metastasized through the entire western game industry making it rotten to the core.
The market is finally starting to correct (because all money is going to AI now) which is revealing the terminal sickness of our industry.
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Rockstar Games faces fan backlash after unveilng their Pride Month pin allegedly given to employees.
Is this what we can expect from GTA VI?
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@Cirilla_FER @AkiraToriyama We're in the middle of the biggest crash in game industry history.
And I've been a game dev since 1995.
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@AkiraToriyama So how many more studios need to close for it to be fair to say that the Western AAA industry has crashed?
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So many woke Studios closing down.
I fucking wonder why...
IGN@IGN
Life is Strange creator Don't Nod will run out of cash this November, unless a new funding source is found. bit.ly/4xvkILZ
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@fandompulse Nice little game studio you have there. Be a real shame if something were to happen to it, eh?
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Gaming analyst and developer Yorch Torch Games calls out CD Projekt Red after the company that makes The Witcher posted a lengthy Pride Month message:
"CD Projekt Red is gaming's biggest hypocrite It claims to bring "together individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives"... Until those perspectives challenge its propaganda. Players don't show up for 'Pride.' Players show up for memorable games."
The company blocked him after this, apparently afraid of different perspectives.
Why are gaming companies like this?
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