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Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version

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  • Yeah, but it's always been a license. I've never been unaware of that, it's only now that publishers are starting to abuse that fact that they're making it obvious. Again, I've never been burned by valve, so I trust them. Maybe that'll change some day, but for now, that's why they're doing better.

    • Can't Afford A Nintendo Switch 2? Buy A Switch 1, Nintendo Says - Insider Gaming

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  • And here I just read another post here about how gaming journalists are surprised their industry is dying

    • Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version

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  • It's because valve has always been transparent about it. They've also put in place a lot of protections for gamers, which is why I trust their store. Their stuff is also a license, but I have yet to see something pulled out of my inventory. Actually there was a game once, and it was a Ubisoft game now that I think of it. I believe that's when they put in more protections.

    Ubisoft wants to make everything cloud dependent and then want us to be happy that we can't play our games anymore. They lost all of my trust. If it's not a purchase, then it's a rental in my eyes, and I'd never pay more than $20 for a rental.

    • Star Citizen has now raised over $800m, with still no release in sight

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  • Honestly not a bad idea. He could slap SpaceX on half the ships, and the timelines of star citizen releasing are about the same as SpaceX getting to Mars

    • 'There Are So Few Of Us Left': Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025

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  • We had 12 years or so of "GTA 6 RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED" with bs content reading "we currently do not know when it will be announced, but here are our guesses".

    Their clickbait game was a short term win and everyone knew it. Long term they destroyed their names chasing the profits.

    • What's one sign that you've "become an adult"

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  • Coming around and disagreeing with your younger self hits pretty hard

    • What did you do as a child that would be considered dangerous today?

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  • Same thing with me and riding my bike on gravel roads. You can get pretty far on those if you have a few hours and nothing to do. Same rough distance, figured why not go see my friend...

    • Developer of 'non-consensual sex' game withdraws it from Steam after bans in the UK, Canada, and Australia

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  • It's an interesting debate. One that I will not touch with ten foot pole because I do not have the knowledge to say which is right, but it's interesting.

    Is it better for people with these uh, interests, to have artificial content if it satisfies their needs? As in, for non consensual the vast majority of people would think it's revolting, and that it should go. We want no part of it in society. But here's the rub. What if the alternative is actually committing the crime? By offering an alternative that is morally questionable could it reduce the actual crime from happening?

    Same thing with AI generated CSAM. utterly revolting. Think it should be purged. But, some psychologists argue that it would satisfy the desires of some of them, and it could reduce actual children from being harmed. Some say it could make the urge worse but some say it could prevent the real thing from happening

    I don't have the training or knowledge to say this or that, but it's interesting

    • Are fake-bans on Lemmy a thing? My friend was supposedly instance banned from Lemmy.world, lemmy.blahaj.zone, dbzer0, sh.itjust.works and lemmy.ml but she can still post in some communities

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  • Long term friends we see here

    • What subreddit are you trying to replace on Lemmy that needs pumping up?

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    • What subreddit are you trying to replace on Lemmy that needs pumping up?

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  • and subbed.

    • US cuts funding to F-Droid, Tor Browser, Let's Encrypt and Tails Linux

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  • Sounds like it may be time for some creative licensing

    • Voyager users, what is on your blocked keywords list?

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  • Good, then good use case. I see too many people trying to browse all and block everything, and that's not a very fun Lemmy experience

    • Voyager users, what is on your blocked keywords list?

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  • Why not just browse subscribed?

    • How to rebalance, imbalanced effort in a heterosexual relationship?

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  • That's fair, I think we're both right then

    • Nintendo boss discusses AI use, says games will always have "a human touch"

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  • Azure, AWS, and GCP all literally have tools to drag and drop and train a model.

    • Nintendo boss discusses AI use, says games will always have "a human touch"

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  • They have plenty of artwork to make their own Bowser model, or Mario model. Llms and image generators are AI, AI is not only LLMs and image generators. Anyone can create a new model of content they own, and they have plenty.

    • What is one moral you have that most people don't agree with?

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  • No you can't, and I don't want to choose where, but if a doctor thinks it's time, I simply want to make sure that they go and talk to my spouse or family member first, before automatically doing something.

    • What is one moral you have that most people don't agree with?

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  • Agreed. There's also a lot of downsides too, but it's a step in the right direction

    • What is one moral you have that most people don't agree with?

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  • If I'm not dead though, if I'm in a hospital with a 50/50 shot, or in a coma, or in any number of ways where I'm still alive. Not saying I don't trust doctors, but I want that decision to be my spouse's, even if I'm on an operating table. They know my wishes, and they will say yes only if they're satisfied there's nothing else to be done.