minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoPublishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservationwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1751arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.segames@sh.itjust.worksgames@sh.itjust.worksgaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1749arrow-down1external-linkPublishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservationwww.gamesradar.comminnix@lemux.minnix.dev to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square116fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.segames@sh.itjust.worksgames@sh.itjust.worksgaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareShortFuse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 hours agoThey do. It’s called Nintendo Switch Online and is managed over a subscription service. They’re never going to just sell you a game anymore. They’re going to force you to pay monthly for it for the rest of your life.
minus-squareGHiLA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours ago They’re going to force you to pay monthly for it for the rest of your life. Pay up or skill up. $ is the price for ignorance. It ain’t the world I like but it’s the world we have.
They do. It’s called Nintendo Switch Online and is managed over a subscription service. They’re never going to just sell you a game anymore. They’re going to force you to pay monthly for it for the rest of your life.
Pay up or skill up. $ is the price for ignorance.
It ain’t the world I like but it’s the world we have.