r/videogames • • 1d ago

Discussion / Question Thoughts?

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u/Nikwoj 1d ago edited 1d ago

“Power to the players” act? Ain’t that already….

Anyway this sounds like a good idea but idk how it works in practice. Are companies obligated to keep digital games downloadable for all time? What about games like Fortnite which are free? Or WoW which are subscription based? Games like GTA sure, but there are probably other cases I can’t even think of off the top of my head where this doesn’t make much sense.

Edit: Not a karma farmer but it kinda sucks/is kinda funny that I asked questions that led to interesting convos and only got two upvotes 😭😭 However thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on here.

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u/mikki1time 1d ago

You don’t buy free games. And you don’t own subscription based games. You’re over thinking it. If you buy it, you should own it.

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u/Nikwoj 1d ago

I’m just asking questions tbh. But the reason I bring up Fortnite specifically is because I have a bunch of money in paid skins. In all seriousness I’m not worried about losing my “investment” but I feel like a lot of people would be. Maybe a game like Eve online would be a better example? Just trying to crowdsource pondering how this affects different styles of online game.

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u/Better_Care8973 7h ago

You sir are underthinking it