Stop killing games and the industry response

Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by gruturo on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:59AM (#44481845)

> Shall we require Netflix to release server builds so that you can access their content indefinitely because you paid for a subscription at some point?

Actually not Netflix as they just offer a monthly subscription and not individual sales, but _YES_ by all means if I "purchase" (not rent!) a book or movie on Amazon (or anyone else), I'd like that, thank you.

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Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by ryandrake on Sunday July 06, 2025 @03:44PM (#44483438)

I'm sure if movie studios could get together and throw a switch that made every 5+ year old disappear entirely, forcing consumers to keep buying new movies, they would. Just like every car manufacturer would choose to disable every 2+ year old car on the road if they could. Why do we give video game companies this power?

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Re:Stop killing games and the industry response by chickenzzzzu on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:50PM (#44486591)

Because it turns out that you don't need a server side simulation of reality to stream some bytes over the internet, and yet Netflix literally does pull content whenever they feel like it

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