The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games

Post by customguy » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC

skotobaza wrote: post #160

customguy wrote: post #131

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Is it just because some gamers are very irate or is this actually a bad idea? If so, how?

I assume most people just want to keep playing games they paid for forever (I am among those people). Like with older titles where this wasn't an issue. So the solution to mark games that don't do that feels like a half measure, since it doesn't guarantee anything.

Sure, but it would cut off all the excuses about it being too hard or expensive etc. How would companies run PR against such a proposal without making it blatantly obvious even to casuals that they're evil?

Post by encrypted_bird » Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC

cwillu wrote: post #89

cogman10 wrote: post #14

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Yeah, it's frankly ridiculous that "smart" devices need internet access. Why shouldn't my smart oven behave exactly like my Brother printer? There's no reason my oven needs access to the internet, it can do everything it needs to do on my local network. My phone should be able to connect directly to it via a scan of the local network subnet or using any number of service announcement technologies that already exist.…

Worth noting that Brother for a decade or more now often ships their printers with the USB port hidden behind a sticker, and _lots_ of other papers and stickers telling you “you need to connect to wifi!”.

And of course removing the sticker often voids the warranty to boot!

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