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[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 77 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sony really shooting themselves in the foot.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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I love this green text because valve really just be doing the bare minimum most of the time but everyone else is just so shit in comparison

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel like GOG deserves at least some respect. They don't have a perfect track record, by any means, but I find them at least reliable, decent sales, have gotten some fun freebies out of them in the past.

And, hey, shopping cart. Which shouldn't be a selling point, I'm fucking flabbergasted that it came to this on any platform, but that's another point above EPIC.

[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I agree although in some respects it feels like a dead app.

[–] jinwk00@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

At least it's either optional or can use 3rd party app (Heroic for example)

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can't wait for the inevitable clusterfuck from Sony making PS+ sub mantatory to play their PC games online.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they're that dumb, I can see them making their own launcher with PS+ sub to get free games or something like gamepass, but locking online play behind a paywall on PC sounds too braindead even for them, it'd be an even worse PR suicide attempt than Epic's exclusivity shenanigans.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 months ago

Sony has a long history of braindead decisions that have fucked over their user base.