like you i added more to the dark side of gaming, like you i see a dark future ahead of us, i completely agree with everything you said, and i actually mention some of your points on my wall of text, it just that i did it with broken English xD
As for the games ownership in the future, like now we don't own any, and I don't think i need to tell you we never did, unfortunately as you know, we only license software we don't actually own it, yeah i know the sense of ownership is different if you have the game in your hands on DVD, but god damn you don't even own it :( but if that game is stored on a compny server and you stream it, you can say goodbye to the very little control you had, they can do anything they want with it, dark future ahead of us dark future...
You're right about us not technically owning the games even now. But luckily the act of buying and having a game still feels like ownership. Unfortunately there has been a concentrated effort to remove ownership across many fields not just gaming. I don't think it's a conspiracy, I just think it's a trend as businesses realize the potential. I think the same thing is happening with cars and will really come about when self driving cars arrive. Instead of going out and buying a car, most people will pay a subscription for access to a car when they need it, maybe with a distance limitation.
One day in the future us old timers will be complaining about our car share being late and reminiscing about times when we still had driveways and a car whenever we needed it. While teens will ask, "What's a driveway?"
I guess the bigger question is, is this really a bad thing? I'm not sure myself.
Is it a bad thing? yeah at least in my opinion, imagine not owning your car! or not even have it available when you need it, or being stranded in the middle of nowhere "your subscribed mileage has ended, please subscribe to another mileage pack to keep driving" what the fuck is this :(
like you i added more to the dark side of gaming, like you i see a dark future ahead of us, i completely agree with everything you said, and i actually mention some of your points on my wall of text, it just that i did it with broken English xD
As for the games ownership in the future, like now we don't own any, and I don't think i need to tell you we never did, unfortunately as you know, we only license software we don't actually own it, yeah i know the sense of ownership is different if you have the game in your hands on DVD, but god damn you don't even own it :( but if that game is stored on a compny server and you stream it, you can say goodbye to the very little control you had, they can do anything they want with it, dark future ahead of us dark future...
You're right about us not technically owning the games even now. But luckily the act of buying and having a game still feels like ownership. Unfortunately there has been a concentrated effort to remove ownership across many fields not just gaming. I don't think it's a conspiracy, I just think it's a trend as businesses realize the potential. I think the same thing is happening with cars and will really come about when self driving cars arrive. Instead of going out and buying a car, most people will pay a subscription for access to a car when they need it, maybe with a distance limitation.
One day in the future us old timers will be complaining about our car share being late and reminiscing about times when we still had driveways and a car whenever we needed it. While teens will ask, "What's a driveway?"
I guess the bigger question is, is this really a bad thing? I'm not sure myself.
Here's an interesting article for anyone interested in this
scary...
Is it a bad thing? yeah at least in my opinion, imagine not owning your car! or not even have it available when you need it, or being stranded in the middle of nowhere "your subscribed mileage has ended, please subscribe to another mileage pack to keep driving" what the fuck is this :(