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Digital Downloads SUCK
Cordova, TN; March 11, in the year of
our Lord 2024 -- Family Friendly Gaming, the industry
leader in covering the family friendly video games is continuing
to be the voice of diversity in the gaming media, and media at
large. I am getting sick and tired of these control freaks in
the video game companies acting like it is inevitable that
everyone loves, adores, and wants digital downloads. I do not. I
am sick and tired of too many video games limiting themselves by
not having a physical copy version. At times I will buy a
physical copy version of a game from another country. Isn't that
crazy? They make a physial copy for Japan and/or Europe but not
the US. Why are we ignored in this
way?
I thought of a great example recently as to why physical copies
being played completely offline is the better choice. I
purchased Shining Force for the Genesis many years ago. I can
play it whenever I want, however I want, and for as long as I
want. I paid for Shining Force on the iOS platform as well. I
thought it would be cool to take this game as I went. Can you
guess what happened? Apple upgraded iOS and it broke Shining
Force. Sega decided to not spend the money on making whatever
modifications so the game would keep working on that platform. I
am unable to play Shining Force on iOS ever again. I paid for
it, and now I am unable to use it. I can always go back to the
Genesis version because companies cannot screw us out of our
purchases.
That example is not the only one. Ultima Forever is another
great example. People put all kinds of money into that game, and
EA decided to just remove it. Overwatch stopped working because
it was online only and Blizzard Entertainment decided to no
longer dedicate servers for it. Offline and physical media is
the best way to play games. You won't have your games stolen
from you. Or the games won't get changed so badly you no longer
enjoy it. Sonic Dash is a great example of that. Sega keeps
changing the game and generally breaking it with
all those changes. They made the game play experience so much
worse.
Ultima Online can be played completely offline if you change the
server setting to your computer. More video games need to allow
for this. I have been a long time supporter of playing video
games completely offline. I see no reason I need to connect to
their servers to play my video games. I paid for it, and want to
play how I want to play without their hateful interference. They
will say it is to stop piracy. I honestly doubt that. I prefer
physical copies of games because I know it will never be taken
from me. Anyone in the control freak video game companies
listening?
I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Emperor
Family Friendly Gaming
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