• FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    I’m Gen-X, but I don’t play games at all, and I pirate everything I watch (which isn’t much)

    When I hear about people buying a game, and then having to pay for some subscription, or to fully utilise the features, I can totally understand people refusing to buy into the bullshit

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    “People acting in their own financial interests frustrates money-hungry company”

    FTFY

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    15 hours ago

    The second to last time i bought DLC at launch was the assassins creed game in colonial america, which was a waste of money. Then Starfield came out and you could play it a weekend early if you bought DLC, another scam. It is so much more fun to buy an indy game in alpha and get an update every few months from someone isnt a whore for share holders.

    • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Teddy’s Haven (a cozy little shopkeeper game) has received updates almost every week. It’s by one person, and it’s in honor of his pet. It’s been awesome seeing updates, QOL tweaks, and even fishing get added to the game in 7-day stints.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    Things get too expensive and people who don’t have the extra cash will find a way to spend less, or not at all. Remember this, all of you shareholders, if you price the customers out of buying your product then you’ve only screwed yourselves and your greed is to blame. What is wrong with a standard, healthy 10% profit?

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    24 hours ago

    They have no money, and they’re going to have to live with the result of choices made long ago by wealthy people who are dead now.

    I wouldn’t be doing a damn thing if I was them, except maybe riot.

  • GhostFace@lemmy.today
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    19 hours ago

    And these services are mad cause it’s so cheap for us to do that. Subscribe when the full seasons are out, binge watch what you want, leave.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Funny way of saying “half of Gen Z are not falling for the typical consumer spend spend spend trap”. And as a millennial I say good for them. About time large chunks of people see the consumption driven economy game for what it is.

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      19 hours ago

      If I had to guess 90% of people these days can barely figure out how to torrent, at best they could figure out how to get to online streaming sites.

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        17 hours ago

        “these days”. Man I’m not sure there’s ever been an era where a significant portion of people understood how to torrent.

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    1 day ago

    Am I supposed to be mad about this? The only jobs available to most of them basically constitute slavery.

  • Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Also there’s more than enough quality content that exists already. This week I’m still happy watching Dr who or Star Trek from the 80s and 90s, Alfred Hitchcock films from the 60s and playing pc games from the 90s. There’s more than enough for me to chew through and time does the job of sorting the classic material from the forgettable dross for me.