showler Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Yes, Bethesda has recently shown their extreme attachment to unreasonable DRM and micro-transactions by making their games available on the DRM free storefront and removing all micro-transactions from them on that storefront. Their plans are insidious indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrayy Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Yes, Bethesda has recently shown their extreme attachment to unreasonable DRM and micro-transactions by making their games available on the DRM free storefront and removing all micro-transactions from them on that storefront. Their plans are insidious indeed.a try of sarcasm on my post ? if so be happy with it if you think it is right time for it. i mentioned RDR2 and in future maybe also bethesda.believe what you want. it counts until the day it changes suddenly. and i experienced this more often than i wanted. it is that simple. your sarcasm miserably fails in my opinion even if bethesda as one of so many companies try to withstand and others already stumble or fall. tell me: who owns bethesda ?we really do not share the same mindset for the present and the future, right ? I'm ok with it.i really hope that starfield works out financially as planned - if not and even if - we will experience more weird decisions... the truth is what we actually experience including the business models behind all that. but anyways, thanks for reading and trying to understand :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Microsoft. Which is why they no longer have an exclusive deal with Steam and the games are available on multiple storefronts. What's your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrayy Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Microsoft. Which is why they no longer have an exclusive deal with Steam and the games are available on multiple storefronts. What's your point?is this question serious? a hint: the decisions of bethesda count as long as they bring in the money. if not, things will change faster as you can breath.it is all about big business as highest priority not mainly about comfortable gaming for customers - my opinion.it may work all out also for the customer with the financial success. but we also know what happens if not. a fail is not calculated. i'm happy with fo4 and skyrim (in the meantime) and i hope starfield works out as planned - but i'm not hyped at all. if i see the teased npc it reminds me of skyrim and fo4 vanilla.other 2017 game characters/npc really looked much better an more vivid. i hope it works out to continue based on this old engine and future mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly1 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) From:funny :smile:to: Yes, Bethesda has recently shown their extreme attachment to unreasonable DRM and micro-transactions by making their games available on the DRM free storefront and removing all micro-transactions from them on that storefront. Their plans are insidious indeed.a try of sarcasm on my post ? your sarcasm miserably fails in my opinion So sarcasm is only funny/successful when you're not the target? It's always harder to laugh at oneself, isn't it.... On the contrary I found showler's sarcasm to be hilariously on point and the fact that you were the target, given your recent behaviour on these forums, only added to my delight. Have you personally exempted yourself from the admonition in your forum signature when it comes to concocting conspiracies about Bethesda and Microsoft....? There's a term for that. I've often found it to be the case that people with preachy forum signatures lack the self-awareness to reflect on their behaviour and modify it in future.... Edited August 18, 2023 by gnarly1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrayy Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 you would be right if it would be just an entertaining platform for only three or four people with the same mindset.i'm totally relaxed and explained it even also for you. its the right time to leave this thread. i try to understand and learn my lessons in this forum. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 it is all about big business as highest priority not mainly about comfortable gaming for customers - my opinion. You may be right about that. I think that particular trend, video game companies wanting to have financially successful projects, may have begun around the time "Pong" was released. You'd think people would understand that by now. Now, why they seem to think that video game companies would do extremely stupid things that cost them money instead of making them money out of some kind of spite....that confuses me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 is this question serious? a hint: the decisions of bethesda count as long as they bring in the money. if not, things will change faster as you can breath.it is all about big business as highest priority not mainly about comfortable gaming for customers - my opinion.it may work all out also for the customer with the financial success. but we also know what happens if not. a fail is not calculated. i'm happy with fo4 and skyrim (in the meantime) and i hope starfield works out as planned - but i'm not hyped at all. if i see the teased npc it reminds me of skyrim and fo4 vanilla.other 2017 game characters/npc really looked much better an more vivid. i hope it works out to continue based on this old engine and future mods. If games don't bring in the money there will be no more games, modern titles regularly cost north of $100m to make, some several times that. Ubisoft are often accused of greed but with the last two Assassin’s Creed games costing a reported $500m each to make you can understand why they need to grab as much money as possible in the short time that the games are relevant, yeah there are some scummy business practices especially with sports titles but what often comes across as greed is actually necessity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukeColaZero Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) take part or leave - yes i`ll do if it begins to hurt and drm like "big brother" methods begin to rule my life. learn your lesson, keep a backup and be prepared for any bad surprise! food you eat, water you drink, shows you watch, car you drive, games you play big brother probably owns them even vaccines you take https://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=MCD&subView=institutional - McDonaldshttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=YUM&subView=institutional - KFC / Pizza Huthttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=PEP&subView=institutional - Pepsihttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=KO&subView=institutional - Coca Colahttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=NFLX&subView=institutional - Netflixhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=AMZN&subView=institutional - Amazonhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=DIS&subView=institutional - Disneyhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=TSLA&subView=institutional - Teslahttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=ATVI&subView=institutional - Activisionhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=MSFT&subView=institutional - Microsofthttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=INTC&subView=institutional - Intelhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=AMD&subView=institutional - AMDhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=NVDA&subView=institutional - Nvidiahttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=EA&subView=institutional - EAhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=PFE&subView=institutional - Pfizerhttps://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=FB&subView=institutional - Meta (Facebook Whatsapp etc) and if you search who owns Blackrock and Vanguard i am sure you won't be surprised. There is a reason they implement specific content(s) in almost every show you watch. they want to design what the next status quo - the next normal will be. Yesterdays unacceptable will become acceptable tomorrow Edited September 5, 2023 by NukeColaZero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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