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[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago

So what have these asshats been doing lately that they need good publicity to hide behind?

[-] Mondez@lemdro.id 6 points 3 days ago

So much negativity, regardless of motivation shouldn't we applaud big companies for doing the right thing and reward them? Or are we all just going to fall over ourselves to give TakeTwo our money for GTA6 after they've screwed with the community?

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 4 days ago

I think they just figured out they can offload the modernization of old games to the community. People will still have to buy the game to get the assets needed to play it legally.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago

Surely though if it is fully GPL, then new assets can be created by the community and the originals are no longer required?

[-] seliaste 7 points 4 days ago

Has already been the case for years with OpenRA

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

OpenRA has been a thing for a while. Maybe they figure this is the final squeeze at the lemon before it becomes irrelevant.

[-] Mondez@lemdro.id 2 points 3 days ago

OpenRA is just a set of fan games though skinned to look like the originals, this code is the real deal to play the original gane content. OpenRA only has remakes of the early games too, the source release has Renegade and General/Zer Hour.

[-] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I feel like it might be a bit like Ubisoft, although not as bad.

Ubisoft is going back and adding Steam Achievements to all or many of their games, and maybe try to get a better image

EA has some bigger titles not perform like they'd like, e.g. Veilguard, FC 25, maybe Immortals of Avernum, Wild Hearts, Dead Space remake, etc., so they might not want to let it get as bad as Ubi, with some small, easy "wins."

This is just my theory, of course, I don't really know anything.

this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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