not remember all of Gamergate?

(((Devs should just post their game for free with a patreon link)))

@Spooky Melon I wish

we'll see them make a profit then

oh wait

I will say that LPs did help solve a good chunk of the market watch use of Piracy

But they didn't solve it completely

and importantly, the way a lot of modern DRM is designed, you are reliant on the DRM provider always being in-business in order to play the game

Which means *you* don't actually own the game you bought

You're renting it

okay, and if the DRM provider isnt in business, the devs should remove it afterwards

🤷

Are some of yall not old enough to remember the Before Times, when there used to be *demo discs*?

Devs might not be in business either at that point, and what incentive do they have to patch it out?

@𝕯𝖊𝖗_𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖗 doesnt work very well with online games

sorry, i mean

"purchasing games online"

Fun fact: Bioshock 1 for PC, if you have the CD for it, requires you to download a crack for it in order to play it.

True enough; But the idea of offering a legitimate demo of a game was still nice.

All because the website it looks for for DRM black holed

i do think them offering demos would be better

at the moment

And there's no "official" patch to fix it

there is just a steam 2 hour policy

which requires you to pay them anyway

Steam's 2hr policy is pretty good tbh

or at least have the money on hand

i mean

Way better than nothing

I just raped a little jewish boy, what's poppin in here?

I don't think anyone here is arguing that a company shouldn't be compensated for it's product, n' all; But the consumers are just increasingly getting le shaft from the crossfire between the Yarr-Harr-Fiddly-Dee lads and the companies.

i do think it would be better if devs gave out a demo link on the sale page, maybe a segment of the game or a 2 hour trial on its own

I wish it was a little more permissive for the consumer, but they mandate that all games support it, so that's nice.

i think my old pc still has the postal 2 demo on it

@𝕯𝖊𝖗_𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖗 there is no economic incentive not to pirate digital media

There's no reason for them to release a demo though

A demo can only lose customers

well i spose its like giving people a taste of a drug to get them hooked for free

or it could gain them

You aren't wrong there either; But, it doesn't stop people from buying stupid shit anyway.