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Devil's advocate: is the time spent playing a pirated retro game still a kind of lost revenue, since you could be spending your time buying and playing all their new shit? I say this as a long-time retro gamer who finally broke down and bought some new shit recently.
Make a better product then.
Yep, hey EA, want me to spend time buying and playing your new games instead of yet another playthrough of Burnout 3? Make a game better lmao I WILL buy it
Going to work is lost revenue.
Yeah, game companies should be lobbying for UBI for everyone
In a sense I guess? But then it’s still their fault for not keeping it available for purchase.
Or they pull a Nintendo "Heres a game we made 20 years ago. That will be $50"
Well at least that was three games. If you’re talking about the Mario collection and I’m not forgetting some other dumb thing they did.
Yes, just as much as when someone dares to enjoy a different hobby.
We are just statistics to them.
I'd say no, because they don't own your time by default.