nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1155
arrow-up1155external-linkValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareholgerssonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoIt says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity
It says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity