Hisnitch@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoYou can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zipPCGaming@kbin.socialgames@sh.itjust.worksnottheonion@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkYou can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2www.pcgamer.comHisnitch@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zipPCGaming@kbin.socialgames@sh.itjust.worksnottheonion@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 year agoIs this the cuckoo’s egg strategy? Require the user to install your games and consume so much disk space that they have to choose between playing your game and somebody else’s?
minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoNah, it’s just cutting costs by reusing the same poorly optimized high quality bullshittery in all of their games.
Is this the cuckoo’s egg strategy? Require the user to install your games and consume so much disk space that they have to choose between playing your game and somebody else’s?
Nah, it’s just cutting costs by reusing the same poorly optimized high quality bullshittery in all of their games.
Both, it’s both.