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9/17/2015 6:47:49 PM
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As others have pointed out, you are incorrect. Games used to be sold as is, but that is no longer the case, whether we as gamers want to admit it.
Games are now services, provided by the studios and publishers. Gamers can resist this, but in order to protest, you have to give up gaming. Something I'm not ready to do.
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More accurately they are a good/product which the suppliers are pushing to be a service. As consumers we have many choices available which can include "giving up" gaming... Or finding/developing alternatives where the consumer demand-end defines what how and why they want whatever it is.
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It's not just gaming. It's damn near every digitally available medium. You don't own shit. You are just paying for a license to temporarily access stuff.
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True. But contextually, we are talking about gaming right now.
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Really? Because I find it hard to believe I can buy a service for my service. Can I get a service for my service for my service too? That would be dandy. If xbl gold is a service, please explain how playing halo is a service. Its a game ON my service, which is xbl gold.
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You are using a service to access another service. In fact, you are using a service (internet isp)to access another service (xbl/psn) which allows you to access to your game service. So yeah, really. I think reading the ToS will explain it fully for you. [spoiler]You might be interested to know that at any time, Bungie or Activision can block, restrict, or cancel your access to their service. It's all in the ToS. [/spoiler]
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Yo dawg, I heard you like services. So we made you buy a service to buy a service so you can use your service while you use your service.
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That just scum bag business. Blocking our access to games was an overreach in developer rights due to a lack of laws with games. I'm still waiting on a pricing board to get on with esrb to stop the bullshit pricing of non content. This industry is falling apart because of it.
