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[-] artyom@piefed.social 48 points 1 day ago

I never got into Android gaming because 90% of it is adware. If the PC landscape turns into this, you can bet your ass I'll stop playing that as well.

[-] Truscape 25 points 1 day ago

Well the beauty of PC is that you could always jump ship to another distributor/developer if one turns into shit.

EA is already there, so it's easy to play games from other devs instead XD

[-] transarchistcuddleslut 17 points 1 day ago

There are so many incredible indie games coming out these days too. Its just not worth buying the overpriced garbage big studios are trying con us into.

And if indie goes to shit too, we still have a solid 30 or so years of old games to play.

[-] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago
[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

Not installed one of their products in almost 2 decades now

[-] Truscape 4 points 1 day ago

LinuxDistros+Proton enters the chat...

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

I wont. There are thousands of good old games I've never played.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Nobody owns “The PC Landscape” though, that’s the beauty. Steam has a large share, but even that is not completely unbreachable.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

No one owns the Android landscape either

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

For different reasons than usual, this comment deserves the reply: “Let me Google that for you”.

(Or: Epic/Fortnite would beg to differ)

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Why don't you go ahead and do that and come back with some links.

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[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Reminds me which platform FDroid works on. And Obtainium. And Accrescent. And Epic Games Store. And Amazon store.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Games for android do exist that are good and bought outright. But not nearly as many as the other junk that's out there.

For PC when I think ads in games I think sports games like ads in NHL rink boards and burnout paradise city.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I know they exist but I can't be bothered to sort through the mountains of garbage to find them.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Definitely. Most I got were ones that I played on PC and had no idea android ones existed. Balatro is a good example. Knights of own and paper. And others.

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