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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

If you and a friend shared the same car, you stole a car from the manufacturer. /s

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

That's nothing, someone hosted an unauthorised Smash Bros tournament and everyone at Nintendo died

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

everyone at Nintendo died

Sounds like a net gain for the gaming community.

[–] deepus@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

But then theres no one left to sue us right?! Pirate all the (nitendo) things!!!!!

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 16 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

Also it's not like the workers typically get the long tail of profits. Most labor is only paid a salary, and the "owners" get to keep profiting. Workers should be entitled to the profits of their labor.

[–] MarauderIIC@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

So kinda like royalties

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I would be a bit careful with this.

  1. It is incredibly hard to define each worker's contribution to any particular profit.
  2. It means that the worker's compensation depends on the overall success of the product which may have little to do with their work (for example bad management tanking a project or it getting cancelled before release).
  3. Accounting can move profits around in a lot of cases. Look at how every movie makes no money.

In many ways having it be a transaction (work x hours get paid x dollars) is nice. I means that the employee knows exactly what they are getting upfront.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You could also have salaries 🤷

The problem to solve is a handful of people who aren't really doing much work get most of the profits. There may be other solutions.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 1 points 53 minutes ago

I don't know if I really buy "not doing much of the work". Middle management maybe but to own and run a company is serious work. Especially starting a company is huge risk. So if you take the risk you get a lot of the reward.

IMHO ways to help even this out are:

  1. Higher taxes on the wealthy. Keep that progressive tax curve going (and not regressing). I think these people do deserve to be rewarded, but up to a point. Honestly I think the tax rate should approach 100% as you approach the very highest percentile of income.
  2. Universal basic income. Make it so that people don't need to work. They get to choose to work when the compensation is worth it to them. This makes explotation much harder and makes it much easier for people to negotiate fair compensation (whether that is salary, profit sharing, a mix or something else).

I would also like to see some way to change the natural goal of a company from "make as much money as possible" to "bring as much value to people as possible", but I think these two things would be a good start.

[–] isar@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

Ironically that might boost productivity. And would lead to something closer to meritocracy

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

How would you quantify ongoing projects where workers come and go and each of their specific contribution might not be easy to measure? Do they all also assume financial responsibility for any failures or lawsuits?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 hours ago

How would you quantify ongoing projects where workers come and go and each of their specific contribution might not be easy to measure?

Probably some sort of collective ownership, profit sharing, with negotiation and consensus building. Other people more well read than me have spent a lot of time thinking about this. My starting position is that the standard capitalist model of "I pay you $10 to make a widget, and I sell it for $1000 and keep all the profits" is not okay.

Do they all also assume financial responsibility for any failures or lawsuits?

Do the owners assume financial responsibility now? I think that's what LLCs and other corporate structures are for- to shield individuals from liability and responsibility.

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 6 hours ago

But then what incentive would keep the owners owning everything?

Also, keeping and playing your old games you paid for is theft.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 56 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

If that upsets you, kids, tell your dad to make a game worth paying money for in 2025, or to make his 1995 game easily accessible at an appropriate price.

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 47 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Best i can do is an ai texture flip and a “remastered” version for 40€

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 8 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I don't mind remasters per se. Diablo 2 Resurrected was absolutely awesome, and they didn't really change that much. Just modernised the graphics and made som some qol adjustments.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

They killed LAN after beta and made it always-online. Still, a better rework than many others.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

I think LAN is still dead but offline single player works fine.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

i had forgotten about the d2 remake. This reminds me why I never got it.

[–] schema@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

D2R is decent, but there is also warcraft 3 reforged, which is an abomination (there is now a startcraft 2 mod that is better than reforged)

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I’m glad you enjoyed it. They are not for me usually, but it’s neither here nor there

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 hours ago

Or accessible at all!

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 86 points 10 hours ago

This is so sad, Andrew Wilson - lay off 400 employees :(

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I'm bringing home the rain. Theres no supper on the table. The babies crying in the cradle.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I just wanted to see my boy Joseph Kucan in his prime again. I didn't mean to destroy your family!!!!

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You did not mean to, but did you care?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 points 8 hours ago

Given that this EA guy clearly is against the Brotherhood or Nod, I wouldn't care.