@Catscollecttcg I feel like these distributors are just going to keep going up up up up up up UNTIL shops like yourself and/or consumers just say enough is enough
I actually don't think we need another console generation or any gaming hardware upgrades for awhile.
These guys still barely optimize the games they already produce and we know that's not a hardware limitation.
Games don't need to look better, they need to play better.
If we don't own games then the language needs to change.
No "buy now", no "Pre-order", nothing.
These guys have lived in a happy gray area where they get to sell services and products using permanent language while holding the right to take it away when they want.
Fuck that.
Did you guys know that the judges that issued international arrest warrants for Netanyahu were sanctioned by the United States and as a result are completely unable to access their bank accounts or do any banking?
But don’t you dare bring it up you raging antisemite.
If you had told me 10 years ago that a billionaire would accuse humans of drinking too much water in 2026 because data centres need it to power the AI tech that is now threatening our entire way of life, I would have told you to write a better Bond villain, because wtf?
GameStop, a multi billionaire dollar corporation, is charging $59.99 for a product that’s $14.99 at MSRP
Your money, your rules, doesn’t affect me at all, but MAN, I do not know how people support them, biggest scalpers of them all
@CodyCarpen3750@PokemonDealsTCG Yea please STFU and stop following them if this is your mentality. 1 these are overpriced and at Macy's most people that rip don't even know about this.
1.3 MILLION PEOPLE ASKED THE EU TO STOP COMPANIES FROM DELETING GAMES THEY PAID FOR.
THE ANSWER WAS NO.
The "Stop Killing Games" initiative wanted one thing: when publishers pull the plug, don't let them remotely destroy copies people already bought.
The European Commission's official response:
- It will not require publishers to keep games playable - says forcing them would go too far
- Reason given: publishers' copyright and IP rights come first. Your purchase comes second.
- The solution: a voluntary code of conduct, developed together with the same industry that kills games
- Plus an awareness campaign reminding you of the consumer rights you supposedly already have
1.3 million signatures. Years of work. Multiple hearings.
And the part that says everything: according to the campaign, Ubisoft got a seat at a closed-door meeting with the Commission before the decision. The 1.3 million people who signed did not.
Publishers can still brick your purchase whenever they feel like it.
If buying still isn't owning, then at least now it's official.