SKG isnt even asking for support to last forever. They have repeatedly been very clear about that.

I wrote a Python script that says “lol” last week.

50 years from now, it’ll still be runnable, and it’ll still say “lol”.

Unless I update it to say “Ubisoft sucks dick”.

Well yes. Publishers of physical books absolutely cannot not put a piece of explosive inside their physical book, whose only point is to burn the book once said publisher claims it's impossible to not set off the explosive after 25 years of "support".

Neither games nor gamers don't need "support". What they need is to not actively be belittled, castrated and mutilated by publishers.

If this was done in the physical realm wirh equivalent tactics, there'd also be outrage.

Gamers are less capable of self-control than heroin addicts. Trying to get them to stop buying games is a fools errand.

Boycotts don't work when John Gamer spends hundreds of millions on microtransactions. I could never buy another EA Sports game for the rest of my life, and all it takes is one whale to wipe out ten of me boycotting. The economy of boycotting games is completely broken at scale when whales exist, and companies know how to cater to them.

Or "Stop Renting Games" since we only get a digital license on most platforms that can be revoked.

EDIT: I need to watch the (looong) video linked below by MagnificentSteiner as this may be wrong.

I support skg but also I stopped buying (aaa) games a long time ago, and I can't be the only one. We're the people who have enough disposable income but simply won't support shit but beancounter managers are too stupid to realize it would be easy to get if they'd just show a little decency.

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No buy from gog and show that there is money in being consumer friendly

Before the internet was widespread, that's exactly how they worked.

Games (and software) are one of the few forms of media and free speech that are subject to this.

Hence why streaming, e-books, etc come in to push in convenience while removing ownership/independence.

I see it tangentially related in how it operates similar to fossil fuels/renewables. The industry wants you to keep buying. They can't control the sun, wind, etc, so you don't need to rely on them.

Same kinda thing here, they want you to rely on them and keep buying the newest thing. And if they delete your old version, welp, guess you better come get the new one (especially when they "remaster" it with 0 effort and slap it on a new digital storefront.)

I just hate the profit motive lol

The commission is famously bad for this, but the EU also has the Parliament which is much less of a problem

They're aware.

To help:

https://zenodo.org/records/8161056

https://delistedgames.com/resources-to-help-you-keep-up-with-delistings-and-shutdowns/

Nothing?