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[–] Slayer@infosec.pub 13 points 3 hours ago
[–] MudMan@fedia.io 15 points 4 hours ago

A bit too optimistic, but hey, at least it's a post pointing people at GOG, which has otherwise been losing big publisher support (SEGA and Sony used to put some big games there and don't anymore, for instance).

I'm also not sure that the big failures of prominent games as a service are an indication of a return to appreciating ownership. I'm afraid it may be rather that the established genre leaders are taking all the oxygen out of that space, just as it happened for causal mobile F2P games a while ago.

If the perception makes players more likely to give up on their forever games and go back to buying piecemeal experiences they get to keep indefinitely I'd call that very good news, but I'll need a bit more evidence before I declare myself optimistic on that subject.

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 6 points 4 hours ago

Godd old games was also the time, where you paid once for playing. This should be added to the initiative as well.