You’d think Nintendo want’s people to play their games, but you’d be wrong. Nintendo wants people to buy their games.
Ford doesn't want you to drive their cars, they want you to buy their cars.
Apple doesn't want you to use their computers/phones, they want you to buy their computers/phones.
My town doesn't want me to use water, it wants me to pay for that water.
Digital media is unique in that it’s not highly visible and using it more doesn’t make it degrade.
I'm not sure what they has to do with whether the business involved in funding and creating the media wants to be paid for that work. But I'll provide more examples if that helps.
Disney doesn't want you to watch their movies, they want you to pay to watch their movies.
Netflix doesn't want you to watch their shows, they want you to pay for a subscription.
Sony doesn't want you to play their games, they want you to buy their games.
Apple doesn't want you to listen to music, they want you to pay to listen to music.
Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar, etc all just care about producing quality games for people to enjoy and don't really care about being paid for them.
As much as some gamers will try to frame this as a win, he’s not losing...
There was no real outcome to this situation where Kotick loses. Either he stays, makes millions of dollars and continues to lead the company, or he leaves and makes millions of dollars during his exit. Those were always the two options.
Same reason why people are still on Twitter and Reddit, the majority can’t be arsed to push back against companies.
Or they just want to watching something on their television after work and have other priorities other than some "war against Netflix" that a couple corners of the internet are angry about?
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