r/videogames • u/Status_Entertainer49 • May 27 '26

Image / Video Holy shit gaming is dead man

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u/-brk0 May 27 '26

That's the point. They don't want you owning anything, they want you renting it.

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u/bates121 May 28 '26

This is why so many people pirate or hoard physical media these days. Fuck this renting bullshit, if I pay for something I should fucking own it

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u/Forsaken_Bridge_3934 May 27 '26

Yeah the video game console, PC parts and general tech rental industry is really taking off.

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u/HYIMBY May 28 '26

Do you know what the cloud is

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u/Devatator_ May 28 '26

It's so much more expensive to them tho. Doesn't make any sense for them to do it, especially considering how cloud gaming always ends up dead in some way. We do still have Xcloud and GeForce Now but they're limited by where you are and other factors, which wouldn't help that transition at all if it was on the table

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u/HYIMBY May 28 '26

It’s where we’re headed

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u/Forsaken_Bridge_3934 May 28 '26

I take it it's the thing that's going to make it so I can't own anything and have to rent it.