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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game had you like this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, a friend let me borrow Demon Souls but it just didn’t click. Years later, I played Dark Souls and it immediately became my favorite game. DS2 was my least favorite of the series, in equal parts because of the much different control/feel and also the wasted mandatory levels you have to spend to get reasonable i-frames. It just feels clunky compared to the rest of the series. I do really like the level design and environments though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU court rules people can resell digital games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree that microtransactions and loot boxes in gaming need regulation as well. Hopefully this is a step towards that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU court rules people can resell digital games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Any protections to consumers are a win. I think overall this will be a positive for gamers.

  IMHO this ruling is shortsighted and pushes for a future with increased monitisation that isn’t in the box value of the game and targets to hurt the Devs that make consumer friendly games while giving games with loot boxes and microtransactions an advantage in the market when talking in terms of overall sales for the devs.

  Your last paragraph could hold some truth if publishers think this will affect profits. I don’t know if this would significantly impact profits since we’re talking about a new secondary market that did not exist in the digital space before. There’s probably some historical data for how physical used game sales affect new game sales but it might be hard to quantify since that market has existed pretty much from the beginning.

  I would anticipate another across the board price increase for games as a result, but I see this more as an excuse for greed on the publishers’ parts rather than a cost to offset any actual lost revenue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Propagandists love this simple trick⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  That reminds me of this study I read that anyone will believe anything that looks like a screenshot of a reputable news article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨...did everyone get this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  You could make so much money playing Russian roulette!