Why does Steam generate any revenue for PlayStation?
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I hope more game companies will follow. Consoles are good. Consoles exclusives are not.
While it’s great that they’re doing well on the only truly open gaming platform, it’s a shame that they’re being rewarded for infecting their games with anti-consumer malware. Any company that uses Denuvo lacks moral fibre and deserves to fail.
Why is it malware? Doesn’t have a performance impact if implemented correctly.
There are 2 schools of thought. Those that are against the entire concept of software that tries to control how you use it, drm/anticheat/etc in any form is malware to them. And those that accept it might be acceptable in principle (eg for anticheat especially), but believe denouvo and certain other drm programs go too far and cross a line (especially when they hook into the kernel or start tracking things outside the game that they have no business tracking).
It exists solely to rob consumers of ownership of their purchases. It can, has, and will continue to result in people losing access to products they have paid for and to which they have every ethical right. Performance impact is beside the point. DRM is theft and Denuvo is the worst offender out there.
You never own the product, only a usage license, which you acknowledge by accepting the EULA.
A license is not owned, it is granted. A license is effectively a rental or lease. The words “buy”, “purchase”, etc are incompatible with the concept of licensing. If a thing is sold using words or terminology that imply ownership, then it is owned.
I am not talking about legalities, I am talking about ethics. Laws have been carefully designed to enable and protect corporate theft. Implying a sale while not conveying ownership is theft. Taking measures to ensure consumers cannot own the things they understand they have purchased it theft. Preventing consumers from using or transferring the things they have purchased however they choose is theft. Defending or excusing theft is as unethical as theft itself.
Alright thanks. Video games are luxury products, so puck off with ethics.
“It’s okay for corporations to steal from consumers a little bit. As a treat.”
Then maybe they should fucking optimise their PC ports.
To be fair performance was poopy on ps5 too
Still amazed how well Wilds sold after that dumpster fire of a demo.
I'd also recommend they open up the co-op more, but common sense multiplayer seems a bridge too far 🙄
I am one of the unfortunate ones for whom the demo ran perfectly, so I thought the full release would too. It did not.
Damn, you must have a beefy rig. Even setting aside the weird texture issues, FPS was all over the place for me. Knew it was a hard pass pretty quick.
I wouldn't say it's very beefy. 3080ti and a Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Ran at a pretty steady 70-80fps for me.
The demo, that is. The full game is all over the place for me too.
I agree, but they have no incentive to do so when gamers buy it anyway. People need to vote with their wallets.
Call of Duty sales suggest this isn't happening.
People do vote with their wallets. They say it's ok.
Fantastic, now when are we getting Steam ports of Viewtiful Joe and God Hand?
I mean……… yeah
we've come a long way since the days of console exclusives with no pc ports to this. I remember feeling happy that more publishers started releasing games on PC, now it's just expected.
Of course it does, the install base dwarfs PlayStation. Go where the money is to find money. Business is not that hard.
The install base with hardware capable of running their main releases though is probably dwarfed by PlayStation.