Are these trends good or bad?

inim said:
If you want to be send to a concentration camp, just go out and call for an end of the imperial war of agression against Ukraine. A friendly FSB officer will take care of your transport.

RobertBobert said:
My post was about Steam taking your game, not about what the Internet owes it to. Please, before talking about fundamental ignorance, read the comment more carefully.

I don't remember what movie or book it was in, but I remember the phrase that if people all over the world knew what was going on at the government level, they would start an international revolution.

XiaXueYi said:


Bro. fake news much, unless you had first hand experience.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/retire_app#:~:text=The%20Steam%20Community%20remains%20visible,from%20listings%20in%20the%20store.


Q. What happens to a retired game for the players of that game?
A: Retired games will remain in players' Steam libraries. Those players will continue to be able to download, install, and launch the game. The Steam Community remains visible and accessible for players to post and share in. The store page for the game remains accessible, but is removed from listings in the store.

I have literally never heard a person complaining about their game being 'lost' on steam, GOG or whichever reputable online platform. Maybe Epic or Ubisoft, they are dicks. And personally, I've been using Steam since the first CounterStrike  and never had an issue with Steam. If anything Steam solved most accessibility problems for me and people didn't need to risk downloading malware by accident from pirate bay etc.

RobertBobert said:
People in Russia literally lost Cyberpunk from the library after the Poles supported the sanctions.

inim said:
Good to hear the sanctions work, and Russian people are reminded that their war criminal in chief has killed and crippled hundred-thousands. To get back your beloved games, just topple the regime. Easy peasy.

RobertBobert said:
People in Russia literally lost Cyberpunk from the library after the Poles supported the sanctions.

XiaXueYi said:
Bro, your logical processes is starting to be a cause of concern. Isn't that more of a Russia problem to begin with since they and China are known to highly dystopian in terms of population management.

TheAngryNerd said:
Terrible, god-awful, even. Just free, constant revenue for big companies. This is one of the reasons why I despise Nintendo's Switch Online. It's a vastly inferior version of its predecessors (Wii Shop and E-Shop), since instead of being able to buy games, actually own them, play them offline and have a giant library of games to choose from, you have to pay a monthly subscription for a small handful of games to play, you need internet to even play them, and you lose access to them when you stop paying.

I hate this trend with a passion. I want the straightforward, buy and done deal back. Fuck this subscription-based shit.

RobertBobert said:
So, the fact that the official Steam literally took the game they bought from the Russians, because the Poles banned the distribution of their game in Russia, is the Russians themselves to blame? And you literally insult me when I give the example that you so emotionally asked for? Bro, your logical processes is starting to be a cause of concern!

XiaXueYi said:
Because I was expecting a legitimate problem with digital platforms and the cause of concern regarding "games lost after purchase" but you end up going in tangents and went as far off tangent as bringing in geopolitical issues, so I don't really have anything else to reply with other than "sumimasen wtf?"

RobertBobert said:
So, the fact that the official Steam literally took the game they bought from the Russians, because the Poles banned the distribution of their game in Russia, is the Russians themselves to blame?