So I saw that when Microsoft and Sony did it people got pretty peeved. Then I saw that Valve did it with Steam and no one has made much of a peep.
Why is no one making a fuss about this? Because Valve did it and they can do no wrong? It always dumbfounds me how rampant the double standards are in gaming, but this is a new level of double standard.
It's in Section 12 of the 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I look forward to the ways that people will justify how this is better than what Microsoft of Sony did, because this is JUST as anti-consumer a practice as any. But to everyone else, did you notice? And now that you do, do you care?