Especially digital stuff. What are they going to do, run out of bytes?
Blackmist
joined 3 years ago
I'm not sure why we're surprised.
This entire gen has had spotty coverage of physical games at the best of times. Even on the biggest titles.
Just off the top of my head BG3 wasn't even available on disc, and Indiana Jones was only in some overpriced collector's edition.
I guess the odd way GTA6 is putting a code in a box is grabbing the headlines, rather than it just not being available on a disc.
Not sure it was even used to distribute music. Was decent for copying a CD to it though...
I've still got my tapes.
It's not that open, but it could be.
We need rights enshrined in law about digital products. We need the right to transfer them to other accounts, and on PC, even other stores. We need assurances about what happens when stores close. The consumer should never lose out. If they do, the law has failed utterly.
And the law needs to do this. Corporations, even Uncle Gabe, aren't going to let you have this willingly.
And then it gets wiped out by one of his own satellites smashing through it at 25,000mph.
They're often cheaper on disc. Random sales here and there nearly always undercut the PSN price.
The real reason I've not bought many this gen was PS Plus. There's a lot of games I'd have been vaguely interested in picking up on a decent sale, only they've never been on one, and then went on PS Plus so now aren't worth buying at all.
Realistically the loss of physical discs means we need far more robust digital rights. The right to trade games to other accounts. The right to continue playing them if the store closes, loading games and licence keys from USB etc. That last one is going to need some thought to prevent abuse, but I think it's essential if we're going to live in a digital future. On PC that last one could be done by transferring licenses to another store maybe.
I've got my bottle caps ready. I reckon I've got a good four minutes to hide them all around the house for a future wasteland dweller to find.
I've been in shorts since COVID. Absolutely no point in trousers any more.
Lethal Weapon 5
An Always Sunny joke for so long, they're actually making it for real.
Danny Glover still a few days from retirement...
That's why I subscribe to Jellyfin Plus Pro Premium Ad-Free.
The others had their chance. They chose greed.
It's always fun going through Facebook marketplace and seeing consoles for sale with their "game collection" which is just 10 boxes with the yearly iterations of FIFA and CoD.