The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • @Renacles@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    24•1 year ago

    He’s a weird case, Steam has always been good for pc gaming and Valve releases nothing but polished games without anything predatory.

    He just seems to be interested in maintaining a successful business instead of squeezing more money out of people constantly.

    • @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      Ehh… for as great as Steam and Gaben are, TF2 really seems to have been the catalyst for all the ridiculous lootbox microtransaction mess we have nowadays.

      • @Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        That shit was coming with or without TF2, even if it was the first (which I don’t know if that’s the case). WoW gold farmers proved the concept that people are willing to pay for advantages or conveniences in games (and that was just the first game I played where I saw that, I bet it wasn’t the first), and buying packages with random content was done by MTG and baseball cards before that. It was inevitable that someone would put the two together.

    • @Syrc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Valve releases nothing but polished games without anything predatory.

      Counterpoint: Artifact.

      (I mostly agree on everything else though)