I was in a GTPlanet forum recently and called out the forced DRM in Forza 2023.
I was told that hopefully, I didn't have a phone or email account if I didn't like this push for constant connectivity in everything.
I apparently didn't have room to talk if I did.
Because technologies that were expressly designed for communication from the outset are totally the same as products being designed first to entertain THEN get adapted around communication.
The amount of cope I see on that site is truly pathetic.
Isn't it crazy how people can be like that?
Literally having nothing else worthwhile in their lives other than video games and therefore being perfectly okay with bad design choices that let them get away with using online games as substitutes for real life human interactions and experiences?
Sounds like those Diablo devs, “don’t you guys have phones?” I bet most of the people you were interacting with grew up always connected and really only play the current game. They can’t think ahead at all and in their minds why would you ever want to play the has-been once it’s gone?
I'll bet it's because of chumps like those that game preservation is such a criminally low priority these days.
They can't possibly consider the idea that just because a franchise gets a new game doesn't mean it replaces the previous games.
Every game is different. The people I interacted with refused to understand that simple concept; not everything that was in the precious games will carry over to the new ones in the same way.
Even if they did, the context and structure in which the mechanics and content are used will be different from game to game.
Many modern pop culture consoomers cannot seem to think long term; they simply do not think about the possibility of deciding to play or watch an older work either for old time's sake, curiosity, or literally any other reason.
Only to have it not be accessible at all because it reached a BS expiration date.
What do you think some good solutions for changing this mindset are?
I was in a GTPlanet forum recently and called out the forced DRM in Forza 2023.
I was told that hopefully, I didn't have a phone or email account if I didn't like this push for constant connectivity in everything.
I apparently didn't have room to talk if I did.
Because technologies that were expressly designed for communication from the outset are totally the same as products being designed first to entertain THEN get adapted around communication.
The amount of cope I see on that site is truly pathetic.
Isn't it crazy how people can be like that?
Literally having nothing else worthwhile in their lives other than video games and therefore being perfectly okay with bad design choices that let them get away with using online games as substitutes for real life human interactions and experiences?
Sounds like those Diablo devs, “don’t you guys have phones?” I bet most of the people you were interacting with grew up always connected and really only play the current game. They can’t think ahead at all and in their minds why would you ever want to play the has-been once it’s gone?
I'll bet it's because of chumps like those that game preservation is such a criminally low priority these days.
They can't possibly consider the idea that just because a franchise gets a new game doesn't mean it replaces the previous games.
Every game is different. The people I interacted with refused to understand that simple concept; not everything that was in the precious games will carry over to the new ones in the same way.
Even if they did, the context and structure in which the mechanics and content are used will be different from game to game.
Many modern pop culture consoomers cannot seem to think long term; they simply do not think about the possibility of deciding to play or watch an older work either for old time's sake, curiosity, or literally any other reason.
Only to have it not be accessible at all because it reached a BS expiration date.
What do you think some good solutions for changing this mindset are?