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[–]m68k 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

DRM and microtransactions are the main factors of what turns me off to PC gaming. I'm happy with classic Quake and Doom. Also don't forget some of these titles came integrated with spyware (look up Red Shell).

[–]NoOil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, DRM and also microtransactions are not solely bounded to PC gaming, consoles and mobile seem to have the same issues with this. Redshell ruined the Total War series for me, those cheeky bastards even put it in their older games (Empire, Napoleon). I wrote a bad review on the Steam for this reason, and the devs happily reported back that they removed it from their games. It shouldn't have been there in the first place!

[–]m68k 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed, game consoles and the mobile market are even worse. As for Steam games removing Red Shell, what else do they have tucked in that they're not telling us.