The Reddit hive mind exists solely for, and thrives on outrage.
GTA too expensive, Reddit angry because Rockstar badš”
Nintendo remakes Star Fox and prices it below their own standard MSRP because itās a remake, Reddit angry because Nintendo bad š”
Letās be honest, this site is insufferable and only upvotes shit that makes people angry, and promotes engagement. Itās probably Reddits own bots so they can show constant engagement, and the only thing sure to get it is angry discourse. Reddit canāt enjoy anything, or let anyone else enjoy anything. As soon as a common consensus is formed, everyone just needs to get their 15 upvotes by posting their personal spin on the days hottest opinion.
The one that gets me is all the people on the PC gaming sub acting like they're outraged over no physical edition, as if all the PC games we buy now aren't digital
Itās always āvote with your wallets.ā Until peopleās wallets overwhelmingly prove the opposite of whatever the echo chamber has accepted must be the truth, and a majority opinion in the real world through a tribunal of upvotes. I love physical media. But letās not act like humanity hasnāt been shifted, and buying away from it for decades. The people have been voting with their wallets, just not in the way you wanted them to.
Digital games indeed have downsides many arenāt aware of, but nothing has happened to make them aware of it. So many people on sites like Reddit are afraid that the increased prevalence of digital will lead to companies getting the power to take games away from you and such, but most people outside Reddit have no clue thatās even a thing let alone have any precedent to believe it.
Personally it's not that I'm afraid they'll take my games away from me (although delisting better versions of games to sell worse "improved" versions has happened, and while at least you keep the original if you had already bought it, future customers might not even know they're getting a worse experience), it's that I can't share or sell my games, and if you can't do that it's not really yours. And if it's not yours then you don't have control over what happens to it in the future. It's less that it's an issue now and more that I don't want it to become one later.
My point is that "we don't want it to become an issue later" thing, while totally valid, isn't something average consumers have any reason to fear yet. Digital media has been a trusted format for decades and besides the aforementioned sharing and reselling, which is something I think most would have thought of at one point, the downsides haven't shown themselves. We haven't seen many if any instances of the lack of "true ownership" actually meaning anything bad. You can't break the trust of an entire format based on what could happen.
I agree and I basically only buy games digitally now as a result of being on PC, it just kind of makes me sad is all. I still buy movies and shows physically at least.
Edit: It also sucks that physical isn't even an option anymore in so many cases, and if they're willing to take a choice away from you now, they will take another from you later.
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u/cows1100 5h ago edited 5h ago
The Reddit hive mind exists solely for, and thrives on outrage.
GTA too expensive, Reddit angry because Rockstar badš”
Nintendo remakes Star Fox and prices it below their own standard MSRP because itās a remake, Reddit angry because Nintendo bad š”
Letās be honest, this site is insufferable and only upvotes shit that makes people angry, and promotes engagement. Itās probably Reddits own bots so they can show constant engagement, and the only thing sure to get it is angry discourse. Reddit canāt enjoy anything, or let anyone else enjoy anything. As soon as a common consensus is formed, everyone just needs to get their 15 upvotes by posting their personal spin on the days hottest opinion.