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I can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't own. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Can't use the word "buy" if you can't actually buy the thing.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

RDR2 got cracked by Empress a year after release. It worked fine on Linux

[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And this is a mere part of why great game developers don't give a shit about Linux.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago

*publishers I think you mean. Game devs are more than happy to have a captive audience, since they know that the publisher will pay them the same regardless of the outcome of the game with the only success metric on their compensation side being whether or not they're employed for 1 more year