Hmmm, I’m definitely not an expert in the gaming industry, but I’m struggling to see how it could be good for consumers. It’s probably good, when Sony or Microsoft buy small studios and let them produce projects they wouldn’t produce otherwise. But Nintendo is not a small studio that’s struggling to survive.
even a non-updated game is still more playable than a digital one when the servers aren’t maintained
Or if your account is banned. We’ve heard many stories about accounts being banned by mistake or after a successful hacking attempt. And it’s not that simple to unban yourself, sometimes only media attention helps, which is not that easy to get.
Is it another CEO trying to squeeze as much money as possible before abandoning the ship? I mean, from what I read people have already been migrating to Unreal.
I agree. If they ban you by mistake (which happens), it can be very hard and even impossible to appeal successfully. There were many stories about that. No one guarantees that your story will gain traction and attention, forcing the company to help you in order to avoid loss of reputation. With physical copies you don’t lose your library at least.
Maybe it’s the fact I downloaded it exactly when I decided to and not when a sale happened or it was in a bundle.
I don’t get this argument. You don’t have to download a game when it’s on sale or in a bundle. Buy it when it makes the most economical sense, download and play whenever you feel like it.