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Posted April 25, 2015
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mobutu: The only way you could somehow "educate" is thru their children. Most of the people have or plan to have kids.
As far as I know every parent out there wants the best for his kid and wishes he/she'll live on a better world having a better/easier life.

So think about your kids and realize that with this "I dont care" attitude that you're having today regarding PC gaming you actively build in screwing the future gaming market for your kids.
And this could expand into other areas too, unfortunately in todays world where everybody wants your money no matter what you have to be very carefully where you're spending your money and thus what business practices you encourage or not. Because this will define the future world your kid will live in.
Sadly, most parents out there don't realize this :(
This is probably the most sound advice with regards to this matter: Education.
It is true, when people fall into a state of apathy they become easily exploited.

A few years ago, my sister introduced my brother to Steam. I warned him online activations for games is bad. Fortunately I was able to finally convince him to join GOG, not too long ago. He didn't spend too much on steam and on games that require activation.

The funny thing is, even though he agreed with me that DRM is bad he was willing to accept steam (and hoped that Valve will remove activations from games in the future), however once he bought a physical copy of Dragon Commander he had a choice between Steam and GOG... I used the opportunity to convince him to give GOG a chance.
Posted April 25, 2015
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LeonardoCornejo: The whole mod things on Steam is good news for us. People is angry, and with all right to be, mods have always been free, and they should be. And the mod creators get paid very little, in fact most of the money goes for Valve and Bethesda.
Steam's dictatroship might fall because of this, but only if we encourage gamers to move to other platforms which support the customer ad are DRM free. Gamers are so angry about this that we should use it to our advantage and convince gamers to move to GOG and other DRM free platforms. Once that is done and devs realiza Steam is not that strong in the market, more games will be released DRM free.
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Imachuemanch: That's what I hope for, now.

The problem is, that retardation of playerbase is much, much higher, than it was, like in 2006, when the Hourse Armour was introduced.
They only needed few years to destroy gaming with DLC, 0-day dlc and delibarate cutting game into smaller pieces to sell separately.
The issue being is that these days gaming is "too big for its britches."

In 2006, gaming still was more of a niche hobby at the time; The people who were willing to invest in the expensive hardware needed to play games (whether on console or PC) were more likely to be savvy and thus against such silly DLC.
Posted April 25, 2015
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P1na: I said it before, and I'll repeat it here. All these dissatisfied steam customers will be running back to the service the moment elder scrolls 6 comes out. And if it is steam only and made in such a way that only workshop mods are usable, people will complain, but they will buy anyway. That's the problem.
That is true and the reason why no one should make such promises regarding quitting cold turkey from any place. I would wager that many will backtrack even sooner then that when Fallout 4 is announced by Bethesda at E3 in June. Feverish dedication and fanboyism for any digital distribution store is eventually detrimental for everyone. Customers should ultimately always look out for their own best interests and not rely on any business whether advocating convenience with ease of use or all DRM Free to tell them what is really worth spending their money on.
Post edited April 25, 2015 by stg83
Posted April 25, 2015
Just go out and play.
Posted April 25, 2015
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JDelekto: Just go out and play.
I prefer carmageddon fans to play inside.
Posted April 25, 2015
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JDelekto: Just go out and play.
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Telika: I prefer carmageddon fans to play inside.
Why?
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