Another reason to pirate instead of buying

[MANCID RILKO]

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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[MANCID RILKO]

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?

 

[MANCID RILKO]

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.

 

[MANCID RILKO]

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.