Posted December 16, 2019
I had a thought and would love to hear your opinions about this, maybe there is a way for us to make it a reality :)
Let me start with an example of what happened to me a few years ago: I bought L.A Noire on Steam, but after I downloaded it, I saw that the game is not working so well on my PC.
After a few months I bought PS3 and saw L.A Noire on the PS Store. I was wondering...why do I need to buy this game all over again (full price) if I want to play it on my console?
What if GOG will ever be shut down (god forbid!), would I have to buy Escaping Goat on Steam again?
I mean, I fully understand that porting to other platforms is not a push of a button, but it's not a full production either. So Team Bondi already got my money and gave me the rights to play this game, why are they expecting me to pay for it again, with full price, just to have it on my PS3?
I would be OK if they already knew that I bought the game and gave me a special low-cost price for it. The same should go for games/apps on the mobile stores.
As long as it's a digital download, don't charge me full price for the game. I already bought it, I just want it on a different console. And I'm talking about games that are the same on each console of course, mobile games are not the same as the consoles and I wouldn't expect to buy $5 Batman game and also get it on my console :p
I know that it takes a lot to make all of these companies work together, and I know that if they can charge more, they will and that they don't have any interest giving us cheaper games, but isn't anything we can do to force them? I don't know...go on a strike or something? Make a day that nobody will buy games?
What do you think?
Let me start with an example of what happened to me a few years ago: I bought L.A Noire on Steam, but after I downloaded it, I saw that the game is not working so well on my PC.
After a few months I bought PS3 and saw L.A Noire on the PS Store. I was wondering...why do I need to buy this game all over again (full price) if I want to play it on my console?
What if GOG will ever be shut down (god forbid!), would I have to buy Escaping Goat on Steam again?
I mean, I fully understand that porting to other platforms is not a push of a button, but it's not a full production either. So Team Bondi already got my money and gave me the rights to play this game, why are they expecting me to pay for it again, with full price, just to have it on my PS3?
I would be OK if they already knew that I bought the game and gave me a special low-cost price for it. The same should go for games/apps on the mobile stores.
As long as it's a digital download, don't charge me full price for the game. I already bought it, I just want it on a different console. And I'm talking about games that are the same on each console of course, mobile games are not the same as the consoles and I wouldn't expect to buy $5 Batman game and also get it on my console :p
I know that it takes a lot to make all of these companies work together, and I know that if they can charge more, they will and that they don't have any interest giving us cheaper games, but isn't anything we can do to force them? I don't know...go on a strike or something? Make a day that nobody will buy games?
What do you think?