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submitted 2 days ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/gaming@beehaw.org
  • GameStop is hoping somebody will buy its Canadian and French operations.
  • This amounts to over 500 physical stores across both nations.
  • The company’s CEO decried “Liberalism, Socialism, Progressivism, Wokeness and DEI” within his firm while shopping for a buyer.
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[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 73 points 2 days ago

You'll never be a billionaire if you're a nice person.

You'll always lose money caring for stupid shit like paying fair wages to employees, respecting laws and paying taxes.

[-] cdf12345@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

Counterpoint: Steam

I’m thinking it’s more that public companies have a legal obligation to provide increasing value to their shareholders, so stay private, don’t be a dick. Grow at a reasonable pace. Avoid enshitification.

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago

I don't know where gamers' hard-on for Valve comes from. They're a monopolist software developer whose biggest product is a middle-man DRM platform masquerading as a game library utility. Their whole schtick is increasing the cost of your games, and limiting your right to access those games how, when, and where you want. Yet somehow, they're the darling of the gaming scene.

It's fucking bizarre.

[-] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Yet somehow, they're the darling of the gaming scene.

It's fucking bizarre.

It's really not bizarre at all. You wanna know why game enthusiasts like valve? Take the list the other guy gave you and find a store that has close to half of the features steam offers. Add in great hardware support (my controller and my deck are some of the best experiences I've had), and a healthy dose of actually making Linux gaming viable for the average person, and it's obvious AF why game enthusiasts like valve.

Even if they can't count to 3.

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