--- title: IVANCA — I hate what video games have become | daily.dev description: I hate what video games have become. Once you stop playing a game 100% of the money you spend on it disappears, you can’t recover any of it, not 50%, not 20%,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ivanca-i-hate-what-video-games-have-become-wkuikag3d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IVANCA — I hate what video games have become | daily.dev og:description: I hate what video games have become. Once you stop playing a game 100% of the money you spend on it disappears, you can’t recover any of it, not 50%, not 20%,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ivanca-i-hate-what-video-games-have-become-wkuikag3d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WkuIKAG3D.png og:image:alt: IVANCA — I hate what video games have become og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IVANCA — I hate what video games have become **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 15 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary I hate what video games have become. Once you stop playing a game 100% of the money you spend on it disappears, you can’t recover any of it, not 50%, not 20%, just nothing. I’m atheist that prays to all the gods the old and the new ones that Valve, Epic, Microsoft and all the companies doing this popular but insidious business practice get sued into the ground. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@coreyjfig** · 0 upvotes > I've had this same pet-peeve since console games started it with dlc. I paid for a whole game, and if it wasn't done, you shouldn't have put it out! **@loftwah** · 0 upvotes > Oh no! Some of your suggestions are actually possible with machine learning now or at least should be in future, like changing a character's outfit in a different version of the movie. I wouldn't be surprised at all if a cinema tried charging more for a special ticket to that screening. **@hvk500** · 0 upvotes > Problem is, if the companies in question are making money, they care not for opinions such as these no matter how valid. **@haisan** · 0 upvotes > It all comes down to money. If companies see that they are losing money from something, they will find a way to stop it. --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ivanca-i-hate-what-video-games-have-become-wkuikag3d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"IVANCA — I hate what video games have become","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ivanca-i-hate-what-video-games-have-become-wkuikag3d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ivanca-i-hate-what-video-games-have-become-wkuikag3d"},"datePublished":"2022-03-28T16:22:42.969Z","dateModified":"2022-03-28T16:22:42.969Z","description":"I hate what video games have become. 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