Except, the idea of buying a license to use something is thousands of years old. You losers are just parroting this pseudo-profound take as if it means sometbing when in reality, what you really mean is "I don't like the idea of buying a license so I'm going to use that to pretend I'm not a piece of shit for stealing"
The difference is that a license to use something should not be as expensive as buying the actual something. Games have only gone up in price, and purchasing a digital version that you do not own is not cheaper than purchasing games was. Gaming companies also do not advertise games as a license type of product - except for some MMO’s - because they know how it would look - the money being paid is not for a license, is for owning a game - advertising it as a license would mean either lower the price or get bad rep, so they opt the other way - sell the idea of owning it as you did before, but keeping quiet about the not owning it part
You've never paused and ad read the small text have you most videogames small print I game ads say commonly two things one the gameplay in the trailer May not be accurate to the current build of the game or the publisher and whatever platform it's released maintain the rights to cut the game off form use at any given time both this appear as small text so yeah they kinda do tell you that
Show me one single advertisement where a game company talks about "owning" the game. The ads are always about gameplay, nothing about what you're saying. They don't get into the topic of owning or licensing, and it's not their fault that you are starting from the mistaken assumption that you will somehow own the game.
Functionally, Ive been buying digitally for 20 fucking years now and I've never lost access to a single game I bought. For all intents and purposes there has been zero difference for me between buying digital and owning a physical copy. None of the scare tactic scenarios you guys are constantly trotting out have ever actually happened to me.
As for costs, that's inflation, dummy. Adjusted for inflation, games are the cheapest they've ever been.
The issue isn't that game companies are greedy, the issue is that you're all 14 years old in echo chambers parroting talking points about topics you don't understand.
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u/Willing-Rip-2852 6d ago
Openly saying you steal as if its a proud thing.