4 ms·

Soon: all games are purely SaaS and require subscription to play. Want to play this game on another account? Buy new subscription!

still_grokking 7y ago
Wait for it… We're already almost back to the dark-ages of "mainframe computers". When you had to pay for every time slice to run your program (of course, on "someone else's computer"). The age of "personal computers" is almost over again. (A "personal computer", what a silly idea anyway. Everybody knows that only experts™ can maintain a computer-system properly. That's nothing an "user" could do! IBM told you that already 50 years ago. See, they've been right the whole time… /s).
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  Would personal computers have been so successful if high bandwidth connections were available at the time?
landryl 7y ago
Stadia sales pitch
kevingadd 7y ago
Already the case for many games, especially if you count 'Free To Play, requires subscription to access most content'
catalogia 7y ago
If the true nature of those transactions is clear to consumers, then it would be an improvement over the status quo.
hombre_fatal 7y ago
Wait til HNers/gamers find out they can’t even play games in their Steam library if they’ve been offline for too long. When it happened to me, I switched to GOG permanently.
- MaximumYComb 7y ago
  What's the time period?
  - chipperyman573 7y ago
    There used to be a bug where you couldn't be offline for more than 2 weeks, but it was fixed in 2013 https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864969953572102601/#c864969953730401285 https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/8649699535721... and https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864969953572102601/#c864969953745925033 https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/8649699535721...
friendlybus 7y ago
It's already moving that way. This resale law will gut the low-end of game sales. Regulation like this is just going to reward the big dogs and cut out the little guy.

still_grokking 7y ago

Wait for it… We're already almost back to the dark-ages of "mainframe computers". When you had to pay for every time slice to run your program (of course, on "someone else's computer"). The age of "personal computers" is almost over again. (A "personal computer", what a silly idea anyway. Everybody knows that only experts™ can maintain a computer-system properly. That's nothing an "user" could do! IBM told you that already 50 years ago. See, they've been right the whole time… /s).

lotsofpulp 7y ago
Would personal computers have been so successful if high bandwidth connections were available at the time?

landryl 7y ago

Stadia sales pitch

kevingadd 7y ago

Already the case for many games, especially if you count 'Free To Play, requires subscription to access most content'

catalogia 7y ago

If the true nature of those transactions is clear to consumers, then it would be an improvement over the status quo.

hombre_fatal 7y ago

Wait til HNers/gamers find out they can’t even play games in their Steam library if they’ve been offline for too long. When it happened to me, I switched to GOG permanently.

MaximumYComb 7y ago
What's the time period?
- chipperyman573 7y ago
  There used to be a bug where you couldn't be offline for more than 2 weeks, but it was fixed in 2013 https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864969953572102601/#c864969953730401285 https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/8649699535721... and https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864969953572102601/#c864969953745925033 https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/8649699535721...

friendlybus 7y ago

It's already moving that way. This resale law will gut the low-end of game sales. Regulation like this is just going to reward the big dogs and cut out the little guy.