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'You won’t find our games on a subscription service' says the founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian, after Ubisoft forecasts a future of players 'not owning' games (www.pcgamer.com)
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"Subscription models will always end up being cost/benefit analysis exercises intended to maximise profit."

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"If buying isn't owning then piracy isn't stealing."

-Wayne Gretzky

[–] null 3 points 10 months ago

Of course it isn't stealing -- it's copyright infringement.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

lol this isn't about buying, though.

It's about them pushing their stupid rental service. It's never pretending to be a purchase.