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minus-squarecallouscomic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-221 days agoIf you buy someone’s services, then those services end at a point. You don’t own them or that service forever. That’s ridiculous. I feel this phrase that took off grossly oversimplifies the issue. The real argument is that games should be seen and treated as a good, not a service.
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoGames as a service is a scam.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoUsers expect to buy a game, a product, not a service. There are enough examples always needing to be online games where local single player stops working when sunsetting the server or just a connection issue.
If you buy someone’s services, then those services end at a point. You don’t own them or that service forever. That’s ridiculous.
I feel this phrase that took off grossly oversimplifies the issue.
The real argument is that games should be seen and treated as a good, not a service.
Games as a service is a scam.
Users expect to buy a game, a product, not a service. There are enough examples always needing to be online games where local single player stops working when sunsetting the server or just a connection issue.