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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: It looks like gambling, feels like gambling, pays out (almost) like gambling... but it's not gambling
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On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:58:23 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>On 23/07/2024 01:50, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>
>Like you I'd prefer that we returned to the old model of how games make 
>money and I don't even have a problem with subscription models if they 
>act reasonable in changes to what you get and prices *coughs* Microsoft 
>Gamepass *coughs*.

Apparently the US goverment is having a bit of an issue with Gamepass.
Who could possibly have guessed that allowing two giant corporations
to merge /wouldn't/ result in lower prices and better products, but
just the opposite?

I wouldn't object to subscription models if it wasn't so obviously
what publishers wants the ENTIRE industry to become. If it were just,
"hey, you can sometimes rent a game, and other times buy it", I'd be
fine. I can actually see the appeal in a subscription as a way to
'demo' games I'm interested in, or play entire games I've some
interest in but not enough to pay full price. It's not a bad idea on
the whole.

But I've no trust in the publishers not to abuse the idea solely for
their own benefit. They've been frog-boiling gamers towards the idea
that the former is the One True Way of modern gaming, and it is so
obvious that once they amass a plurality of gamers they'll stop
selling games entirely.