They started small. Little price bumps here, a subscription there. Said it was inflation⊠supply chains⊠whatever excuse fit the headline that day. I watched as they turned gamingâfrom something built on passionâinto a machine. A machine fueled by drained wallets, locked content, and players chasing experiences they already paid for.
Saw it happen. Saw âem normalize it.
Now look at it. PlayStation 5 prices going up years after launch. Games costing more. Subscriptions stacked on subscriptions. And they still want more.
Theyâve already taken ownership of what we play, how we play it⊠now theyâre coming for why we play.
This ainât about nostalgia. Ainât about âthe good old daysâ of gaming. This is about control. About a system that keeps tightening its grip until playing becomes a privilege instead of a right.
You think it stops at a price hike? It doesnât. It never does.
This is a playerâs war. Against a system that feeds on loyalty and gives back less every time. Against the slow death of creativity, buried under monetization models and quarterly targets.
And yeah⊠if that means pushing backâboycotting, calling it out, refusing to play alongâthen thatâs what it takes.
Because if we donât?
One day youâll boot up your console⊠and realize the game was never meant for you anymore.
You donât see it yet.
But you will.
when i say i hate men, i mean it in a similar way to ACAB. do i think every man as a person is awful? no, obviously. do i hate the sociological systems that are used to raise them & perpetuate harm? fuck yes i do. i hate men as a social group, not as people
enft t'es rebeu, t'es renoi, milieu populaire, t'es une meuf, t'es queer, t'es musulman, t'es invalide, tu peux pas dire que t'en a rien Ă foutre de la politique c'est chiant mais frr c'est le combat de nos existences MALHEUREUSEMENT
I think the hardest part of the current political climate is realizing how many people are actually just evil.
Not misinformed or uneducated... just openly and happily enjoying other people's suffering.