It really is all about trust. Of all the digital storefronts, Sony is the only major one I can think of that has actually reached into people’s libraries and pulled things out[1]. So far it seems to be limited to movies and TV shows, so it’s not a perfect 1:1, but they are the worst company to trust on this.

Buying from any digital store with DRM is a risk. Some have failed completely, but the big three of Sony, Valve, and MS are unlikely to go under any time soon. By establishing a precedent of tying your access to their behind-the-scenes licensing agreements, Sony’s model is more risky for consumers than the others.

1. Ok, Amazon/Kindle was actually maybe the first. I haven’t heard of that happening for a long time, and obtaining another copy of a book is trivially easy, but they get a dishonorable mention.

Other examples are welcome, I’m always willing to put another company on the naughty list.

Guess I’ll have to limit myself to the 10,000 other games to play on PC, then.

There was a full news cycle of tech folks talking about how “they are so in demand, they sold out instantly.” Build the hype with free press.

Valve has enough experience with this to know exactly what they were doing.

They also have a browser extension to put some additional info right on the steam store pages.

Not the entire price history, but it will show the lowest ever price, and the last time it happened. Even if Valve puts a 30-day history on the page, this would still be useful to know if a game ever gets discounts deeper than whatever it had most recently.

1. Already answered.
2. Are you using a good quality new displayport cable, or the same old HDMI from your old monitor? 4k HDR needs a lot more data, and some cheap cables can’t handle it.
3. 🤷 Change to colors to what feels right. Unless you’re a graphic professional, it’s more about preference than some perfect standard.
4. Yeah. There’s a lot more pixels in a little more space. Each of them is smaller, and you may need to zoom on text-heavy apps that aren’t optimized for 4k.
5. Lots of new monitors default to a power saving mode where brightness is capped. You’ll have to disable that to get the full brightness they advertise.

I’m not sure if steamdb can search the entire catalog, but at https://steamdb.info/sales/ you can put a filter on the maximum number of reviews.

Not exactly the same thing, but may be a decent proxy.

Obviously the number of PC gamers in Japan was previously -1,500,000. It’s now -4,500,000.

Payment processors, if left on their own, would take any money from any person for any reason. This is more to do with a patchwork of laws that are trying to snuff out anything “adult” and will absolutely sweep up every party even remotely involved in the transaction.

They’re covering their own ass. It’s cowardice, not righteousness.

“We’re putting cameras in every room of your house, but we pinky promise to only ever look at the feed from the kitchen.”

It’s been a year, so I don’t have a specific memory of a solution, but I must have done it. That’s pretty early in the game, isn’t it?

The original expansions are included.

Experience everything Oblivion has to offer with previously released story expansions Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine, and additional downloadable content included in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

The deluxe edition includes some new stuff and cosmetics, as well as non-game extras.

• New quests for unique digital Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon Armors, Weapons, and Horse Armor Sets

• Digital Artbook and Soundtrack App