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Games and music seem to have managed to defeat piracy. And when it was just Netflix before the fragmentation and greed of the movie/tv content holders no one I

• tpxl 5y ago
  They have, then came Epic Games store and we're back to exclusives. If you want a really good example of where video games got it wrong in recent years: Metro Exodus was sold as a "pre-purchase" on Steam before it released for some time (at least a few months, could be a year). A few days before release it went exclusive on Epic Game store IIRC and you couldn't buy _or download_ it on steam anymore. After some well deserved outrage, people who pre-purchased on steam could play on steam, but you couldn't purchase it for about another year. Metro: Exodus was the only title I pirated in the last 10 years because they took away the ability to purchase it (and I like the series and have the first two titles on steam, and I bought and read the books because of the first game).
  • gruturo 5y ago
    > They have, then came Epic Games store and we're back to exclusives. And that's why I'll never buy anything from them even if it's nice. I feel morally compelled to do my tiny part to let them (and every other steam competitor) go bust, to stave off exactly the fragmentation we see in the video streaming market. Of course, there's always the possibility of Steam becoming evil and making all of us regret propping them up, but you know what? I'll have to live with it.
• dartharva 5y ago
  > Games and music seem to have managed to defeat piracy. > Games Hmm.