@rainkloud
Didn't see the justification for the price increase myself so I sold my Xbox Series X. Battlefield 2042 being more expensive on Xbox Series X than PC was the tipping point with my decision.
@HattoriHanzo420
i wasn't being sarcastic. Nothing I stated about selling the Xbox Series X or the reason was a joke.
I like it how people say it is too expensive, and that strange line of saying 1% of cost of license ? What license ? I dont buy license, I buy a product. Corporates wont twist my language. They surely wish, but them saying things dont make them true.
In theory, you should not even have to bother once the product is finished on time with bugs and what not. I am not responsible for corporate leadership having extremely high targets for (CEO and similar, I do not know them in person or anything, corporate culture puts too much stuff in one guy at others expense) profits, not really margins to speak of. I am not responsible for them not finishing and not testing the game enough pre-release.
I am fully in right to keep my personal data without it being sent to any entity that I dont even know about. When I buy something, it does not have any right to force me online, regardless of them wishing so. If laws are too weak against such forceful exploitation, the only other option is to beat corporates with the only thing they feel - the money, the fear of not getting more of it, they call it a loss, Im almost at a loss at such perverted wording. They are really shaking in terror about money. But they project an image of confidence, how is all gonna happen good for them. Saying, wishing, all that, does not make it true still. BFV debacle serves as an example. It was gonna be all the x y z, cool words, and then the lie (the great projections) deflated. I was watching the balloon grow big, then have hydrogen go boom. Big balloon got deflated and dwarfed. Not the first time, apparently, not last either.
More than 10 years ago there was a kind of intrusive DRM that prevented people from reselling their game. (on DVDs) 3 installs, finished. I guess it was unlawful, or causing too much outrage so they approached intrusion in different ways. Constant surveillance cause you bought their product ? On certain propaganda outlets I would expect 'CCP would be proud', or more like, actually, CCCP would be proud :P Or Stasi/KGB/CIA/NSA and other 'famous' institutions. Building a brighter future, with a straight face. RA3 game came with such stuff as well, I did not buy it until much later on on Steam and for much less. I did not participate in betatesting after release.
How come are companies making you free betatesters, not only free, but you paying for the game in the first place ? Some companies have mastered this art of not just from paying people to test, to getting the game for free for testing, to even have people pay actual extra for beta access. That is outright upside down lol. And those companies make it look like it is normal. Surely, one thing is doing the testing voluntarily, using your machinery, your electricity, your internet that you pay for.
Game development is expensive, so is there anybody like me buying bfme 2 expansion only to learn that it was a mistake that EA never bothered to patch because it was released in terrible state ? 1 patch after 5-6 months didnt fix that much. I felt completely ripped and I think I was. But then I was younger and I was not expecting evil behavior by default.
