Physical games are going out—it’s inevitable as the market evolves.
Like online grifters will evolve into actual street grifters trying to push their collections into a high stakes bidding racket
Would you sell your Farm Simulator game for a cool 40k?
This is a conversation between people incapable of understanding indemnity.
If ACA is expensive (eg high deductible, low payouts) then why argue paying the subsidized when there’s a little difference from paying directly?
A woman blamed the U.S. healthcare system… then Caleb Hammer asked one question.
Caleb Hammer: “What health insurance do you have right now?”
Girlfriend: “None.”
Caleb Hammer: “That’s your fault. The Affordable Care Act is there for you. Healthcare. gov is there for you to enroll in things that are completely subsidized.”
Boyfriend: “I’ve been trying to get you to apply to stuff.”
Caleb Hammer: “This sounds like a you problem.”
Caleb Hammer: “Don’t get me wrong, health insurance in this country is ridiculously expensive. You’re not going to get me defending it by any means.”
Caleb Hammer: “But when you take the stance of, ‘It’s bad,’ and I’ve done nothing… what am I going to say?”
Girlfriend: “Being a woman in the United States with a chronic health condition, you’re more likely to go undiagnosed for 10-plus years.”
Caleb Hammer: “Girl, you haven’t signed up for health insurance to go to the doctor when you get it for free.”
Girlfriend: “I mean, even when I’ve had health insurance…”
Caleb Hammer: “You’re getting me to defend a system that’s certainly broken because you literally haven’t taken five minutes to go online and sign up for something that I pay taxes for.”
Caleb Hammer: “I don’t think it’s because you’re a woman. I think it’s because you haven’t gone.”
Arcade machines went extinct in 80’s due to economic strains and moral panics Disc games are facing the same crisis today.
It’s unrealistic to believe a material based good can scale fast enough or that web rumors cannot affect sales to a damning degree.
We heard you. And we agree.
In light of recent developments in physical media, GitHub is proud to announce that you can now obtain your public repo on CD-ROM.
Keep it. Lend it to friends. Pass it on to your children.
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Gamers complaining about PlayStation going digital is like street addicts complaining about dealers going cashless.
And just like the druggy that somehow manages to get PayPal—so too will the gamer adjust.
This planned economy has been inevitable since the first stream.
Like not owning the movie you streamed
Like not owning the food you ordered at McDonalds
Like not owning the cloud backup you pay regularly
Contacts are a terrible drug
Which means we, the consumers, effectively own nothing. We just rent games from you now, and you can revoke or change that rental agreement whenever you want. This is a terrible fucking move, Sony.
“Can be backed up forever” is a dog whistle for gamers who’ve already accepted the planned economy that is the gaming industry itself, but still want the fantasy of hoarding an obsession.
This is how “digital purchases” should be done.
No DRM.
No server authentication on install.
Can be backed up forever, and installed 100 years from now.
Gamers are hoarders.
They buy, they obsess for a bit and then forget about it when something else trends
While occasionally gamers will reminisce and develop a nostalgia for a previous purchase—eventually the game goes back to collecting dust.
Gamers are perpetual renters.
74 Million user accounts breached in one month.
Now imagine how that number explodes as Age Verification laws continue taking effect, forcing all children to have (several) online accounts simply to use a computer (even for an offline purpose).