The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    He’s a weird case, Steam has always been good for pc gaming and Valve releases nothing but polished games without anything predatory.

    He just seems to be interested in maintaining a successful business instead of squeezing more money out of people constantly.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Ehh… for as great as Steam and Gaben are, TF2 really seems to have been the catalyst for all the ridiculous lootbox microtransaction mess we have nowadays.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That shit was coming with or without TF2, even if it was the first (which I don’t know if that’s the case). WoW gold farmers proved the concept that people are willing to pay for advantages or conveniences in games (and that was just the first game I played where I saw that, I bet it wasn’t the first), and buying packages with random content was done by MTG and baseball cards before that. It was inevitable that someone would put the two together.

    • Syrc@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Valve releases nothing but polished games without anything predatory.

      Counterpoint: Artifact.

      (I mostly agree on everything else though)