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Drews1315 posted...

"Games are different than movies because they're usually highly interactive. Visual Novels don't really count as games, as there's no gameplay beyond choosing a certain dialogue option. If we call that gameplay, we might as well call choose-your-own-adventure books games as well, but those are books and not games. Video games and movies are completely different mediums, despite how developers these days are trying so hard to blur the lines. Thus, this question of "Do you also believe that if you buy a movie you should be able to stream it?" is irrelevant and not a good comparison."

I was generally curious as to why a majority of people thought it is ok to stream a game no matter what. The argument quoted above doesn't really follow any logic then I can see. You say that games are ok to stream because they are highly interactive. However, "visual novels" aren't because there isn't gameplay, yet you say you choose dialogue options. That sounds interactive to me. The question, do you believe that if you buy a movie and should be able to stream it, sounds like a perfectly relevant comparison to me. Your argument why they are not because one is more interactive than another is really extremely paper thin and I don't see it holding up against any legal pushback. I mean if streaming a game is ok, why not go the next logical step and say it is ok for me to copy games and make money selling them on the street? I think it is obvious that if a game company says they don't want their owned property to be streamed it is totally within their legal right to do that.

You neglected to mention the bit where I say in regards to choosing a dialogue option: "If we call that gameplay, we might as well call choose-your-own-adventure books games as well, but those are books and not games." Was that line to inconvenient for you to debunk?
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