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Grand Theft Auto V gets BattlEye anti-cheat, breaks online play on Steam Deck / Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] [email protected] 128 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Breaking Linux support after-the-fact ought to be grounds for a full refund (no matter how much time or hours of play have passed). Valve ought to allow such refunds and forcibly debit Rockstar's Steam publisher account, whether Rockstar likes it or not.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago

Same thing happened for the whole Bioshock series. They rolled out the update just over 2 weeks after a big sale so it was beyond the standard refund policy too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Rockstar doesn't officially support Linux though... So it's on valve that they certified it for steam deck. There's no grounds for charging that back to r*

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. I bought a game for all the features it had at the time of buying it. There is no avenue for a consumer to push back against publishers changing that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

While if you bought it, it should be source included and you should be able to host your own servers/pick any patch to play on

We don’t have those consumer protections because software is a relatively new thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The first generation of software for early stored-program digital computers in the late 1940s

80 years isn't "new"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It really wasn’t a consumer constant in the 40s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

While the other person saying 80 years is a bit much, it has been a constant for at least 40 years now.

Personal computing and software isn't new.

Edit: To clarify, 1984 (40 years ago) saw Superbowl ads for the Apple Macintosh and the advent of the CD-ROM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You’ll have people in governments that remember a time without computers

You’ll have some that don’t understand buying is just renting because it wasn’t a thing

Even 30 years is pushing it as a widespread thing for home use 30 years ago would fall into the second group

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'll agree that 40 may be a bit too far given some of the real dinosaurs in government. That being said, dating myself here but I have very fond memories of personal computing in the early 90s, even playing games online!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think my first notebook ran Windows 95 but I knew people that didn’t have computers

[–] FigMcLargeHuge 18 points 3 months ago

Well they are still selling in-game money without letting anyone know that they possibly cannot use it. But guess what rockstar, if I have to choose between your games and Linux, Linux wins every time. Later...