Can't tell you how many times I've read here or in c/Gaming, "Valve hasn't done anything to affect MY ability to game yet. Until it hurts ME then I don't have a problem with them."
Same. I think..... probably in 10, 15 years tops it'll primarily be some combo of online-only and microtransactions. As far as multiplayer goes it'll be so moderated that all the things that made multiplayer fun in the 90s and 2000s will be sucked out. Vendor wise, online stores will be heavily curated, games will be routinely censored or deplatformed like that Taiwanese game, and outside activity will probably be common cause to have your accounts on steam/gog/epic/et al locked. This will more than likely be fine as far as the law goes because it's the nature of digitally-delivered games that you're just paying for a license to use them.
I'm not at all hopeful with vidya. Gamers have a long-standing history of being all bark and no bite when it comes to the game companies.
Because it could be you next.
Valve, with this decision, have shown wrongthink prevention eclipses economic value.
Can't tell you how many times I've read here or in c/Gaming, "Valve hasn't done anything to affect MY ability to game yet. Until it hurts ME then I don't have a problem with them."
Same. I think..... probably in 10, 15 years tops it'll primarily be some combo of online-only and microtransactions. As far as multiplayer goes it'll be so moderated that all the things that made multiplayer fun in the 90s and 2000s will be sucked out. Vendor wise, online stores will be heavily curated, games will be routinely censored or deplatformed like that Taiwanese game, and outside activity will probably be common cause to have your accounts on steam/gog/epic/et al locked. This will more than likely be fine as far as the law goes because it's the nature of digitally-delivered games that you're just paying for a license to use them.
I'm not at all hopeful with vidya. Gamers have a long-standing history of being all bark and no bite when it comes to the game companies.
Not really. Nothing in the article infers “wrongthink”.
The irony of this gave me haemochromatosis.
What do you mean?
Community bans are wrongthink only. It's not a VAC (cheating) or trade (scamming) ban.