A large majority of Physical games have secretly been made as one-time activation keys, and aren’t really a physical game in any meaningful sense since most of the game isn’t on the disc.
Physical games at this point are more of a semantic argument to distract people from the real question, when will online DRM and activation completely take over?
Been gone for at least 15 years for me. Like do people still have DVD/CD ROM drives in their machines. It’s been ages since I’ve even considered physical games since I find it a hassle over my steam library. Sure they could take it away at some point in the future but by that mentality Russia could EMP us…
One of Sony’s best-ever PlayStation ads is a 21-second video titled, “Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video.” It’s a “step-by-step” guide about how to lend your PS4 games to your friends. It has one step: one person hands another person a game box…
…But more than a decade later, it’s not hard to imagine a future where Sony’s own ad doesn’t apply anymore
I buy almost all my switch games on carts. Getting harder though as many indie titles only get limited releases in like artisanal batches when ffs I just want a cart…
I hate that the title makes it sound like they want physical media to go away. The only real reason I haven’t touched physical games in over a decade is that digital sales got better and so do my pay. Now I can afford the convenience tax that digital goods have.
If I care enough about a game to pay $70 for it, I want to own it. And I want to be able to let a friend borrow it. And I want to be able to sell it.
I know people like their convenience. But I don’t really understand it either unless it’s a game you might want to play in the spur of the moment (Call of Duty or something like that). If I’m playing a longish story-heavy, I’m just leaving that disc in my console for awhile.
I barely buy any physical media anymore. I didn’t intend to be this way but I guess it’s a combination of things now with cost of living crisis, new games cost more than before, digital sales are mush better and more games are given away for free with various services. Out of everything we own it is Switch games that have the most physical versions because digital prices of Nintendo games suck.
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Owning a console and having a library card gives you so many free gaming options.
Why would you want that to go away?
A large majority of Physical games have secretly been made as one-time activation keys, and aren’t really a physical game in any meaningful sense since most of the game isn’t on the disc. Physical games at this point are more of a semantic argument to distract people from the real question, when will online DRM and activation completely take over?
Been gone for at least 15 years for me. Like do people still have DVD/CD ROM drives in their machines. It’s been ages since I’ve even considered physical games since I find it a hassle over my steam library. Sure they could take it away at some point in the future but by that mentality Russia could EMP us…
What a gut punch!
They made that ad and released it the same day after Xbox announced their disc games would be one-time use activation keys.
Physical media, digital media, it doesn’t matter. They don’t help the preservation of games. What really matters is DRM-free media.
Hopefully never. Over 70% of my games on console are physical.
I buy almost all my switch games on carts. Getting harder though as many indie titles only get limited releases in like artisanal batches when ffs I just want a cart…
I hate that the title makes it sound like they want physical media to go away. The only real reason I haven’t touched physical games in over a decade is that digital sales got better and so do my pay. Now I can afford the convenience tax that digital goods have.
If I care enough about a game to pay $70 for it, I want to own it. And I want to be able to let a friend borrow it. And I want to be able to sell it.
I know people like their convenience. But I don’t really understand it either unless it’s a game you might want to play in the spur of the moment (Call of Duty or something like that). If I’m playing a longish story-heavy, I’m just leaving that disc in my console for awhile.
Hopefully never
never.
I personally don’t really use physical media anymore but I can’t imagine it’s going away anytime soon
I haven’t touched physical game media in over a decade
As soon as we let them. So pretty soon probably.
I barely buy any physical media anymore. I didn’t intend to be this way but I guess it’s a combination of things now with cost of living crisis, new games cost more than before, digital sales are mush better and more games are given away for free with various services. Out of everything we own it is Switch games that have the most physical versions because digital prices of Nintendo games suck.