#StopPayingGames

It is not self-explanatory. You needed to explain it. On its face, it sounds like it's saying to just pirate. I can get behind the message, but these three words aren't it. I know that coming up with effective, catchy slogans is hard, but this one's not going to do well.

If you're endorsing piracy as a political stance in any way, I don't see it gaining traction. People need to be paid for their work; especially those who built a product for you that's meant to last and can't be taken away from you. I don't know how you convey that in a three- or four-word slogan, but I don't think this one does it.

Well if single player game needs to connect to publisher sever to play then you don't buy this game and piracy is just preservation. I'm not endorsing piracy, but not condemning it.

I would like a law that says the publisher/owner/digital store has to remove any server pings and anti-cheat through a standalone update that can be shared and downloaded once they abandon support. This would go for games and any other digital media, alternatively they would have to offer a refund.

The wages only appear if the thing they produce creates profits for the corporation. If they continually produce something that doesn't sell, they won't have a job anymore. And I'll raise you another part of this equation. If you pirated Assassin's Creed: Shadows because you hate Ubisoft or whatever, that game will take somewhere between 35 and 65 hours for most people to finish, according to How Long to Beat. That's 35 to 65 hours that you weren't spending in some other game, perhaps a game that respects your values enough that you'd part with your money to play. Maybe that's Kingdom Come: Deliverance II or The Alters or Knights in Tight Spaces; whatever your preferences are, there's some other game that also didn't get your money because you were playing that pirated game instead, and I picked those three examples because they're recent and run a range of different developer/publisher models while still being DRM-free.

Buy from GoG

Kinda telling that Valve aren't on here. They also only sell a license to play a game, not the game.

To each their own, but I'd say none of those compare to Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring, and Skullgirls.

Well technically and legally you always buy a license even with a game on physical media.

Shouldn't it be #VoteWithYourWallet?

Any media you buy is a license because you're only buying a copy, not the original.

Watch this by the guy who started Stop Killing Games. Then you can stop parroting the corporate wet dream that we don't own stuff we buy.

You can buy DRM free games from many places.

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

joke on you im playing retro games!!!!

EDIT: but no seriously playing retro games
is a great alternative then playing what's new

Having a personal taste and preference that lets you enjoy free indie and/or old DOS games is great for your wallet, saying these games are "generally better" than paid-for games funded by corporations is wild to me.