What do you mean with now? It’s been like this since Nixon and made far worse by Reagan Bush and Clinton. That’s why the dems we’re freaking out about trump! They *couldn’t care less about racism or abortion, their main concern is the fact that the cheeto says the quiet part loud all the time and may shatter the illusion of the american dream. America has been a kleptocracy for decades now.

Given the upvote I’m guessing the two of you are part of the aforementioned eurogamer readership…

The article is from eurogamer so you have to temper your expectations of the literacy of the readership.

Yes, most publishers are divesting.

GaMePaSs DoEsN’t ImPaCt GaMe SaLeS. When the richest player in the market starts a race to the bottom to sink the competitors, people lose jobs. If it weren’t for this acquisition fever, the live service fever would have never existed, as currently is the only way to compete with the deepest pockets in in the world.

That and Fortnite are the best games I never played.

I love CoD. Haven’t played it in a decade but it’s like a lightning rod for dickheads. I hope it never stops existing.

Very much so, the fully connected world is much more dystopian than I could ever imagine. I just misread OP.

It’s disgraceful to glorify the massacre of unarmed people. They should also remove CoD MW2 for the “No Russian” mission.

Anonimity, privacy, and the dream that the world was full of intelligent kind people.

Snaps, they are against one of the main tenants of FOSS. Obscure content validation and reduction in free access.

I wonder if the US will bring democracy there?

The UX barrier of entry is a good idiot filter, not perfect but better than reddit.

A Microsoft game. They don’t need to do any of this to be successful.

If you look at Kyle’s past contributions it becomes quite clear this article is an ad read for Microsoft. I really dislike advertorials.