Another reason to pirate instead of buying

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

Some online PC games store, named Robot Cache, will be closing in May

And because of that, people who bought games there will be losing access to them, because all the games they sold have digital rights management that is linked directly to their servers

No servers, no verification, no games for you anymore

So tell me, if buying is not owning something, why buy it in first place?

 

[The Prowler]

If more people bought instead of pirated, then maybe Robot Cache could have survived.

If everyone pirates, nobody will make games.

 

[realgrimm]

just get your own emulator and all the games are free..

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[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

If more people bought instead of pirated, then maybe Robot Cache could have survived.

If everyone pirates, nobody will make games.

They didn't survive because their business model was shit, they were putting their profits into their crypto

And this case is far from the only one

Games that need an online connection to work, even though they're single player

Games that are sold in beta state, so developers can treat users as testers and the game would play decently only after a year (like Cyberpunk 2077)

Several games that now can't be played, even though the owner has the original discs, but they need online activation to work and the company disabled those servers

 

[Reggie_Essent]

This won't affect the solitaire game on my phone, will it?

 

[The Prowler]

They didn't survive because their business model was shit, they were putting their profits into their crypto

And this case is far from the only one

Games that need an online connection to work, even though they're single player

Games that are sold in beta state, so developers can treat users as testers and the game would play decently only after a year (like Cyberpunk 2077)

Several games that now can't be played, even though the owner has the original discs, but they need online activation to work and the company disabled those servers

So you think that if everybody pirates, they will still make games?

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

So you think that if everybody pirates, they will still make games?

Maybe not

Maybe we'll just have to content with the millions of games that have already been made

But one thing is for sure, I'm not putting money on these small online game stores, not anymore

 

[Reggie_Essent]

My phone games don't cost nothing.

 

[The Prowler]

Maybe we'll just have to content with the millions of games that have already been made

Not until Elder Scrolls 6 is released.

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

Not until Elder Scrolls 6 is released.

Steam has a contingency plan in case they close down one day

If Steam closes, you technically lose access to your library because you license games rather than owning them. However, Valve has stated they have measures to ensure continued access, which likely means a final patch removing DRM (digital rights management), allowing you to play installed games, but potentially losing the ability to re-download them.

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

@The Prowler

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

 

[Seamajor]

My phone games don't cost nothing.

Good Reggie

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

Their argument is "The EULA stated that you'd lose access to the game if the service closed"

They also say that other stores have the same policy, including Steam and Epic

Robot Cache was a small-time business, but Amazon is an absolutely giant.

These actions completely remove the trust in new online game providers

 

[Joe]

Some online PC games store, named Robot Cache, will be closing in May

And because of that, people who bought games there will be losing access to them, because all the games they sold have digital rights management that is linked directly to their servers

No servers, no verification, no games for you anymore

So tell me, if buying is not owning something, why buy it in first place?

Is software piracy common in Brazil @THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®© ?

 

[The Prowler]

Is software piracy common in Brazil @THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®© ?

They have Computer Club meetings every Wednesday evening and copy each other's 3.5" floppy disks.

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

Is software piracy common in Brazil @THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®© ?

We're among the top 5

 

[THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©]

They have Computer Club meetings every Wednesday evening and copy each other's 3.5" floppy disks.

That was 35 years ago

 

[jack]

They have Computer Club meetings every Wednesday evening and copy each other's 3.5" floppy disks.

I still have a large storage box filled with them.

Mostly Commodroe 64 games.

All my old systems are still in storage, they're probably pretty valuable. I know i still have the original Nintendo with the robot. and most of the rest of the systems.

 

[Joe]

We're among the top 5

Oh Good @THEONEANDONLYRANCIDMILKO™®©

I actually support some software piracy given the way many companies restrict consumer access to many of their products.

Its unfair that many people can't own nor buy a lot of software anymore because its becoming subscriber based and at exhorbitabt pricing.

Its akin to forcing tradesmen or carpenters to rent their tools everytime they go to the job site.

People should be able to purchase or own the software outright so they csn be job ready and have the skills thethey need for employment .

If all a person is doing is learning the software to become proficient at it, doesnt distribute it or sell output made from it then Im in favor of people pirating software for that purpose

 

[The Prowler]

I still have a large storage box filled with them.

Mostly Commodroe 64 games.

All my old systems are still in storage, they're probably pretty valuable. I know i still have the original Nintendo with the robot. and most of the rest of the systems.

I just threw out a bunch of 3.5" floppies with my old software that I wrote about 30 years ago.

I have a bunch of 3.5" floppies for my Atari ST (I actually have two Atari ST computers...a 520 and a 1040).

And I even have a bunch of 5.25" floppies for my Atari 130XE.

I am planning to hook up those old machines and see if the floppies are still working sometime over the next year. I had one of the STs hooked up not too long ago and I played some old favourite games on it.