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Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early (kotaku.com)
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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nobody's safety is at risk here, it's just people who can't wait 3 days paying more money. It's bullshit that companies will have a completed game but delay releasing it so people can pay extra for " ~~early~~ on release access" but the solution is simple: don't pay for it.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nobody's safety is at risk here

Correct. Very astute.

but the solution is simple: don't pay for it.

Sure. But of course, the point of doing that is to suggest to companies that this is naughty behavior. This is naughty behavior, isn't it?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I do believe I did call it bullshit in the post you're replying to. However, people paying for it implies acceptable behavior, doesn't it?

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Nooooo-ho-ho-ho, no it does not. You can justify a lot of evil shit with that line of thinking.