Comment by stale2002
3 days ago
> Companies are not going to want to give away their main proprietary advantage that they've invested into.
Companies never want to be regulated. Almost by definition. Thats why we have a government to force them to follow the law.
If IP rights are weakened by this, and its easier for competitors to reuse other people's code/innovations, then that sounds awesome to be, TBH!
> is not going to be viable for a whole swath of online-only game studios
If there is demand from players to play these types of games then someone will make them.
Its only getting easier to make games, after all. I'm not too worried about the dinosaurs losing their edge.
Basically by eliminating IP rights, what you're suggesting is to make games not commercially viable. Do you expect content creators to work for free?
What will happen is the money is invested into other industries and we'll see another video game crash like in the 80's.
Nobody is eliminating all IP rights. This is about games that are shutdown that they aren't making any money off of anyway.
Additionally, IP rights are already way too strict, and with technology we don't need nearly as much investment into it to make games. Productivity is massively improving. Huge R&D simply isn't needed anymore.
Nobody but you mentioned “eliminating” IP rights. Stop being disingenuous