| Intrinsic said: You know the industry is going to shit when a publisher fixes bugs in their microtransaction code before they make fixes to the game code that actually makes the game perform better. General Media is moving away from tiered services (TV) and things like netflix. amazon prime or even stuf like popcorn tme that makes all those other services a joke are springing up... yet gamers are marching with their eyes wide open right into the exact same thing. Do people realize that at one point cable TV was "free"? |
Not sure where you were at that cable tv was free?
Before cable tv, there were a number of different companies offering direct beam channels that you could pay monthly for. Not free at all.
THen cable became available with it's 5-7 channels. It was not free then. It was a monthly cost. A lot of apartments and older buildings offered it for free, as cable providers would charge the building owner a bulk rate for the whole building. But still, it was not free. Later, as cable companies technology got a lot better, they realized that to keep the overall cost of cable down, they would need to hook up subscribers independantly to get them to pick their channels and pay for what they wanted.
The only thing that was free around here was the PS service. But even that wasn't free. You had/have to buy a $200 console to get any use out of it.
Nothing is free.
It is near the end of the end....
