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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Games publishers are in a war of attention and don't want to compete with themselves. They won't sell you an old game if they can get you hooked on the new version with microtransactions and DLC with no story and sub-par multiplayer.

The next point is just making the case for open source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Some companies just make their new version compelling. You can't get the experience of Balders Gate 3 by playing Balders Gate 1.

I think they're all competing with themselves anyway, the biggest customer group for Whatever 5 will be players of Whatever 4. Giving away Whatever 1, 2, and 3 will increase sales of 4 and 5