I think the article is specifically addressing WoW’s rules.  When they reference “The MMO”, they mean WoW.  And as far as I know all of this stuff regarding no classes, no auto attack, a limit of 6 skills, etc is stuff that has never been done in WoW before.

But because its China oooh scary.

So if I understand this correctly, the allegation is that TikTok is a massive security concern that’s sending all of our user data to China’s government. And the response against that isn’t addressing said allegations, but instead pointing out that there are funny memes and stuff on it?

Personally I still love FF 13-2.  Serah was a little grating, but Noel and Caius became two of my favorite FF characters.  Also the whole Pokemon aspect to the game was a great addition.

So long as this filler is optional, I don’t see a big issue.  Stuff like this is a big reason why the Like a Dragon games are so fun for fans.

Personally, I think I’ll save my ticket money to see Dune in a few weeks instead.

A PC itself is the platform though, Steam is just the store/launcher.  Games sold seperately on Steam, GoG, EGS, etc can still all be played on the same platform.

She really has been the very best, like no one ever was.

They had like one other choice in terms of platforms. And now they have even more choice, you’ve yet to explain how that’s a bad thing. Why is Apple being more open platform something that you or any other consumer is fervently against?

I can’t just walk into Target and demand square footage with which to sell my wares.

They already had Android, where Epic was more than free to install apps third party.

I’m glad that Apple devices will now be more open, and that consumers will have the option for more choice.

There is no such thing as a parody law in Japan, copyright law is much stricter there, it doesn’t work like in the US with fair use stipulations.

But this is the kind of stuff that keeps many people coming back to these games.

People just like doing different things.  What else do you like doing in video games?  Shooting stuff? Jumping? Talking?

Release the mine cart!

The nature of ownership hasn’t changed, what has changed is that our ability to utilise that license isn’t as self-contained as it once was.

We factually, for an absolute undeniable provable fact, have more options than ever.

You know that Shakespeare is in the public domain, right? Legally no one has to pay anything for access to Shakespeare’s works, you can download them for free and buy copies for next to nothing.

I don’t really see how this ‘protects the brand’.  It’s just sticking it to consumers while arguably making less money.  Who is this behavior good for?