I'm just dumbfounded why anyone would be openly okay with video games becoming unplayable. He flat out said he was fine with it. And like... Why though?
He didn’t open with that statement, he buried it into his video. A bootlicking coward (or possibly an industry plant, given he got the blizzard job thanks to his dad) who bans dissent and won’t actually engage in any dialogues with the people he’s fucking over
Because technically it's a little extra work to make games playable after the end of life. It's so much easier to just dump it and run to the next thing. Like Game of Thrones season 8. But the extra work makes it a quality product. It gives it a legacy. Same reason it's a little extra work to add accessibility and pretty colors to my app. Sure my app would work without it but this shit should be an industry standard.
What are you all expecting PirateSoftware to do? He has no mana. What can he do when he has no mana?
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too bad there isnt a roach lol
He's a shill for the industry. It cuts into his bottom line. That's the only reason you wouldn't defend consumers.
I hate his username because it makes it seem like it's about piracy versus legally owned games to people unaware of him scrolling through social media.
If you've seen the controversy around this guy in other circles (I'm thinking of that satire game creator who got harassing by Pirate Software and his fans) this wouldn't really be a surprise and would be on brand.
The cheery on top of this shit sundae is truly him framing Ross as some bully sending his toxic fan base against him when Ross has given him more than enough grace and benefit of the doubt
Doesn't like the game he is eventually promising to finish require always online DRM? So ofc he wants to shut down something that would require him to long term support a product he's invested into but hasn't even brought to market. Super transparent conflict of interest.
In theory, if he actually finished and released his game relatively soon, he could do whatever he wants still.
One popular misconception about the SKG initiative is that it will require currently existing games to change to become compliant. That's not actually what they're asking for. They want new laws to come into place that would affect future games made. The SKG initiative fully accepts that there are some existing that are likely beyond saving.
Follow the money, He is paid for.
Who are we taking about?
I’m gonna guess this guy isn’t very effectual in the whole matter. Though I only learned of his existence in the last few days.
Has he met with lawmakers or made counter petitions or anything like that? Should we really fear him? Or are people just venting because the initiative is struggling to succeed?
He became really popular in a short amount of time, and he did more damage to the public perception than anything. Wayyyy more people followed pirate software rather than the stop killing games movement, and he pretty much just shit on it to an audience who never heard of it before.
I'm not super knowledgeable about the details of SKG, but from my understanding you need to get a lot of signatures and public backing for the UK government to actually pay attention, and pirate software basically killed any and all momentum the movement had, right when it was getting started too.
Or are people just venting because the initiative is struggling to succeed
It's this one. He lives rent free in people's minds because he made a video 9 months ago that has 1 million views where he says he doesn't support it because it would cause undue burden on developers. Focusing on YouTuber drama is really taking away from the message of consumer rights.
There's more to it than that. It's not because Thor was publicly against SKG, it's because he misrepresented the entire situation to his much larger audience. The reason there's a big focus on this now instead of 9 months ago is because Ross (the creator of SKG) specifically didn't want it to become "youtuber drama". The reason it's happening now is because the SKG movement is almost over and has been struggling, and Ross put out a video explaining how Pirate Software mislead his audience and actively turned public perception against SKG right when it was building momentum.
I'm not surprised, he's the director of strategy for the publisher offbrand games whose biggest game is live service after all.
