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Bleak Future for Videogame Customers

Posted by michael on from the imagine-a-boot dept.

jvm writes "A recent commentary on Curmudgeon Gamer speculates on the future of the videogame market. Among the predictions: no more rentals from video stores, no used games market, no lending games to friends, less upgradeable computers, pay-as-you-play software subscriptions, and other consumer-unfriendly changes. In all, less gaming value for your hard-earned dollar."

4 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Best gaming value out there... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How is parent a troll? Is admitting that you enjoy any Microsoft product enough to make you a troll now?

    It's not like he/she was claiming that "Linux is teh sux0rs Windows rulez!"

  2. The "new" assman! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.goatse.org/

  3. Goatse.cx is dead, long live goatse.org! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Click and moon here!

  4. What the heck is an "IRC search engine"? by tepples · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I couldn't find a FAQ on packetnews to see what the heck it was about. What can an "IRC search engine" do for me? Besides, a lot of the people who play video games are minor children, and packetnews's disclaimer excludes minor children from the site.