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"Games as a service" is fraud.

Accursed Farms · 1.1M views · 2019-04-25 · 1:15:54

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Overview

Ross Scott of Accursed Farms makes a 76-minute argument that selling video games as a service is a form of consumer fraud. He lays out legal arguments that games are goods, covers ownership and programmed obsolescence, and discusses game preservation.

On Hacker News

It is the go-to explanation of why games that die when servers shut down harm consumers, and it is repeatedly cited in Stop Killing Games and game-delisting threads.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2019–2024

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Gaming culture & analysisLaw, policing & justiceGame history & retro gaming
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What people said

flafla2 · 2019-12 · Strong recommendation

See "Games as a service is fraud": [VIDEO] If you have an hour, I'd highly recommend giving this a watch. It is really sad to see any form of media die forever at the whim of a corporation. Games are especially prone to this unfortunately

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beretguy · 2024-08 · Recommendation

Just watch this video so that you get up to speed with what we are talking about [VIDEO] Alternative YouTube link: [VIDEO]

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beretguy · 2024-08 · Recommendation

You don’t know what you are talking about and you are wasting everyone’s time. Watch this video to understand what we are talking about here: [VIDEO]

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