Or any game company. This has been the norm for decades, probably since the first piece of software was sold.
It’s because valve has always been transparent about it
Gonna stop you right there. It’s only recently, after being forced to. That Steam highlights that you are buying a licence.
I find it so strange that people hate Ubisoft for this, but would rush to defend Valve for starting this trend.
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Especially when you’ve only ever read one book.
G*mers aren’t known for being smart.
I love the juxtaposition between the well thought out slogans and then just calling him a bellend.
Making a Zelda game is risky because there are a ton of people out there with preconceived notions of how Zelda and Link are supposed to be portrayed,
Throwback to the shit fits G*mers threw when The Wind Waker was announced
Holy shit. A reasonable take from someone who clearly leaves the house.
Setting up an early monopoly while working to undermine brick and mortar stores?
It’s comment threads like this that just show how absolutely clueless G*mers are.
Most of Lemmy’s user base is made up of tech obsessed weirdos with an axe to grind against other social media platforms.
Of course they’re going to be toxic.
Get a load of the nerd reading the articles and making informed opinions. Just join the rest of us in mindless circle jerking.
The Last Guardian was the next game in the ICO trilogy.
Whenever people talk about games as art, Shadow of the Colossus is guaranteed to be brought up.
Which is also annoying because The Last Guardian would make a perfect TV show.
I know Shadow of the Colossus is the bigger name. But ICO would make such a better movie.
G*mers have already grown used to not owning their games. It’s called Steam.
Gamers are starting to see Valve as the monopolistic scum they are and Gaben is panicking.
Not only that. Epic takes a smaller cut, and when a game goes on sale or is free that comes from Epic’s cut, the Devs get full pay.
Something that the bootlickers always seem to forget.
Normally Bethesda relies on mods to make their games playable. So this is a big change