mike591@kbin.social to Gaming@kbin.social · 9 months ago'You won’t find our games on a subscription service' says the founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian, after Ubisoft forecasts a future of players 'not owning' gameswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-link'You won’t find our games on a subscription service' says the founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian, after Ubisoft forecasts a future of players 'not owning' gameswww.pcgamer.commike591@kbin.social to Gaming@kbin.social · 9 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
“Subscription models will always end up being cost/benefit analysis exercises intended to maximise profit.”
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months ago“If buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing.” -Wayne Gretzky
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoOf course it isn’t stealing – it’s copyright infringement.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agolol this isn’t about buying, though. It’s about them pushing their stupid rental service. It’s never pretending to be a purchase.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoSo by this logic you can’t steal a rental car
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNo, you can buy and own a rental car. They do fleet sales all the time!
“If buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing.”
-Wayne Gretzky
Of course it isn’t stealing – it’s copyright infringement.
lol this isn’t about buying, though.
It’s about them pushing their stupid rental service. It’s never pretending to be a purchase.
So by this logic you can’t steal a rental car
No, you can buy and own a rental car. They do fleet sales all the time!