TimothyOilpants

Further harassment will be reported.

I owe your rage nothing…

Expect no further replies, continued harassment will be reported.

Someone should take your kids away… You’re unhinged.

Look…I’ve been as patient as I can, but either you don’t know how to debate in good faith, or you’re just not intelligent enough for me to bother with.

Expect no further responses from me.

Sure it does. If you truly thought you were right you would disengage…

You didn’t pay for the game.

Again… You don’t work in the industry, you don’t know anyone who works in the industry… You’re just talking out your ass on the internet.

If you want to fight for justice, pick up brick and go fuck up one of your local Nazis…

Whining about video games on the internet doesn’t make you brave, it makes you simple.

No trouble understanding it, you’re just wrong.

No one works in the video game industry to make money, I can fucking promise you that! 😂

If money was the goal, they’d be dentists or lawyers.

Sorry, can’t, NDA.

Nobody cares bro. AT LEAST Half of those 3,700,000,000 gamers have NEVER owned a piece of physical gaming media in their life…

You’re like some boomer “audiophile” defending vinyl… You’ve lost some important neuroplasticity.

Again, if you don’t understand that the passive behavior of “not engaging” is different from active opposing, I don’t know what to do for you. Life must be very difficult if this is how you communicate.

Abstaining from debate on Israel vs Palestine is very different from demonstrating in support of Israel.

“Trust me bro, I googled it!”

And what happens when the developer/publishers licenses (middleware, brands/teams, music, etc) expire?

Because gatekeeping and objecting to artistic expression is inherently morally indefensible.

If you truly thought my opinion was unrealistic, out of line, or paid, you would have moved right past it like the hundreds of true believers here.

You only engaged because it pissed you off that you couldn’t easily dismiss my points in your own head and the cognitive dissonance caused pain as you approached a meaningful thought.

The entire goal is to get the consumers’ money.

Then you don’t understand art, and your opinion of its value is moot.

No. Steam elects to absorb the lifetime hosting costs and builds a perpetual license into the publishing deal.

All Sony and MS licensing deals are time bound and the developer/publisher is responsible for hosting costs. When the publisher doesn’t want to pay anymore, the title gets taken down.

So now you don’t know what the word “compel” means?

You’re wasting my fucking time kiddo.

I don’t care if people agree with me, I’m not here for consensus and I certainly don’t need to prove anything to you. You’re the one with a chip on your shoulder lashing out emotionally.

I have zero emotional connection to this issue. I don’t need to feel correct, because I have demonstrated the logic and rationalism behind my view. Your only recourse is to name call, and attempt to disregard conflicting perspectives as artificial or paid because you have no objective observation or historical precedent, nor any rational or philosophical underpinning to your position. You’re frustrated because you know your arguments have no merit, and you’re not even particularly effective at articulating your irrational emotional response.

Whether you pull your shit together for a serious intellectual debate, continue your diatribe, or disappear entirely; the industry is still going to do what they want, you are still going to lose, and the entire industry will be better for it.

No, what you describe is not coercion. If you believe otherwise the burden of proof lies with you.

I don’t care if games disappear. If the studio who owns the IP doesn’t want to pay to have it hosted any more that’s ok by me, its their choice. Steam absorbs the cost because they absolutely hose studios on their publishing agreements…