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This is self explanatory; to all who do not support the idea of ownership, there shall be no more funding, regardless of their game's quality.
Advice:
buy from GOG, avoid single player games which require internet connection or 3 party launchers.
Repost from reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1ugzirg/stoppayinggames/
Advice:
Just pirate.
If buying is not ownership, piracy is not stealing.
Fuck em.
Piracy isn't stealing either way, but this slogan is good. We need more people to pirate than ever before.
Are the companies shown in the picture selected on what basis? Are they sorted for anti consumer practices or what? Bc like what did SEGA do
The list is so confusing... ESL is an e-sports organisation, they do e-sport events, they don't make games. Why are they on the list? Why is Netflix on the list??
And why is Riot on the list? Their games are free, we're literally not paying for the games, we're paying for the in-game store crap (if at all)...
Why is Netflix on the list??
Because it does make games and is part of the anti-stopkillinggames lobby.
And why is Riot on the list?
Shit game company in general. Also part of the lobby if I remember correctly.
ESL is an e-sports organisation, they do e-sport events, they don't make games. Why are they on the list?
This one I'm not sure. Probably part of the lobby as well? Can't confirm right now, but a lot ot companies you haven't even heard about are lobbying against it.
Who lobbied against stop killing games
I'm going to be honest, this sounds like an astroturf campaign trying to reduce SKG into absurdity to harm it's credibility.
I’m assuming this also applies to Consoles as well: Sony removed purchased movies from people’s Sony Pictures Core app. I wonder if, or when, they’ll decide to do the same to games.
If it does come to that: what are our options as console gamers (other than piracy)? Buying physical discs?
This is pretty much impossible. I don't think y'all realize how much space those corporations control.
It's like trying to boycott Nestle.
It's like trying to boycott Nestle.
Sooo, like... entirely possible with some effort?
"Some effort" varies widely on how privileged you are to have wide selections to choose from where you get your groceries.
Games are not groceries, the privileged are already the ones who are gamers.
We're talking about food, not games.
You're talking about food. Everyone else is talking about video games here.
I'm talking about how surprisingly complex it is to avoid a diversified corporation, using Nestle as an example. Is this really that hard to follow?
Except your point is entirely irrelevant when faced with the reality that video games, especially AAA video games, are a luxury item.
There's a major difference between avoiding cheap chocolate and avoiding video game companies. I can't believe that I'm even having to dictate this.
Edit: by the way, it isn't hard to avoid Nestle products either
If you think Nestle is just shitty chocolate, that'd explain a few things here.
Chocolate, coffee, dog food, hot pockets — yes I'm aware of the many things Nestle owns. None of this makes your point more legitimate, these are video games we're talking about. Food ≠ luxury item.
You say that as if piracy isn't just a few clicks away.
A better option is to buy games that is not included on this type of lists.
I would never buy a car that I had to store in someone else's garage.