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Sony could still blow people out of the water if they just made minor tweaks to remove the modern audience shit, listen more to Japan, offer free online, and commit to pc-like backwards compatibility.

I have more faith in Sony than Nintendo who loves to resell the same fucking games up rezzed. And can’t figure out a non-infuriating online and Ui experience to save their lives.
 
Kirun

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While I have a few things on disc, I look at it in the following lazy way.

We are all mostly old enough to recall TVs without remotes. The 12 channel dial selector that requires you to get up and fiddle with It in order to change the program.

That is how I view digital vs disc games. In my head, people who avoid digital versions of games are those who also don’t use TV remotes, but prefer to go turn the dial. No thank you.
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That's pretty much how I see it too. Every generation has people who refuse to move on from the technology they grew up with. Right now, it just happens to be physical media they're buttmad about because they let social media lead them around by the nose. It's simply the latest thing the algorithm told them to get irrationally upset over while they mindlessly scroll Facebook/Instagram/X/etc..

People once swore they'd never give up vinyl for CDs, CDs for MP3s, or DVDs for streaming. My grandparents had endless complaints about TV remotes, my mom complained when her phone lost the cord because she swore it made the call quality "worse". Hell, my dad still bitches about cars not having carburetors anymore and hates electronic fuel injection. Every one of those changes was met with some boomer screaming, "The old way was better!!"

Eventually, though, convenience and technology win out because they solve problems the old systems can't. The same thing is happening with games. Modern titles are simply too large and too frequently updated for physical discs to serve the role they did 20 years ago. Nostalgia is fine, but it doesn't stop technology from moving forward. And I bet most people bemoaning the "loss" of physical media haven't touched the moldy box in the attic that contains the 400 disc manchild collection in 20 years. How many of you still take a fucking steam engine to work each morning? That's what I thought.

It's funny watching so many boomers dig in their heels over this, because every generation eventually becomes "those people" who insist the old way was the only right way. History just keeps repeating itself.
 
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I wouldn't have a problem with no physical media if after my initial purchase I get the sole reign over my digital content as long as I am alive. If I want to play a game on my 20 year old PC in in the future I just access MYDRIVE with the file and download or convert it or something like that. But being at the mercy of a maybe nonexistant distributor, vendor, car manifacturer or whatever is not a good feeling.
 
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I think we need to start replying to all Sony tweets with this video... Remind them of their glory, so we can walk them through their shameful downfall....

 
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sukik

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If they go through with it, the PS5 will probably be my last console. I only own one because I can buy physical disks for it. If it’s all digital, I’ll just stick with steam.

For me it’s all about choice, and some semblance of owning the game. Your vudu/amazon movie library, steam library, PlayStation library and Xbox library aren’t yours. You’re just borrowing it, “renting” it until they change the terms or just remove it. The conversation about digital rights is probably what has more people upset than physical media. Maybe Europe will make some headway with the “Stopkillinggames” initiative. This announcement coming on the heels of them removing 500 movies from peoples accounts is hilarious.


For many newer games, it was probably a lost cause anyway, always on online and forced activations make them useless. But there are a lot of older games you can plugin, install and just play. I’ll collect those while I still can.
 
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Kirun said:
That's pretty much how I see it too. Every generation has people who refuse to move on from the technology they grew up with. Right now, it just happens to be physical media they're buttmad about because they let social media lead them around by the nose. It's simply the latest thing the algorithm told them to get irrationally upset over while they mindlessly scroll Facebook/Instagram/X/etc..

People once swore they'd never give up vinyl for CDs, CDs for MP3s, or DVDs for streaming. My grandparents had endless complaints about TV remotes, my mom complained when her phone lost the cord because she swore it made the call quality "worse". Hell, my dad still bitches about cars not having carburetors anymore and hates electronic fuel injection. Every one of those changes was met with some boomer screaming, "The old way was better!!"

Eventually, though, convenience and technology win out because they solve problems the old systems can't. The same thing is happening with games. Modern titles are simply too large and too frequently updated for physical discs to serve the role they did 20 years ago. Nostalgia is fine, but it doesn't stop technology from moving forward. And I bet most people bemoaning the "loss" of physical media haven't touched the moldy box in the attic that contains the 400 disc manchild collection in 20 years. How many of you still take a fucking steam engine to work each morning? That's what I thought.

It's funny watching so many boomers dig in their heels over this, because every generation eventually becomes "those people" who insist the old way was the only right way. History just keeps repeating itself.
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The problem is that pretty much every company except Steam has proven themselves willing, even eager, to fuck over the buyers of their digital content. And really, Steam is only one heart attack away from being willing to do it too. There's absolutely no technical reason that we can't have all of the upside to modern software and still have physical or at least standalone installers, but barring some dramatic, sweeping legislation, that ship has sailed. The concept of software ownership is just fucked now, as is the concept of standalone software that doesn't rely on the perpetual good graces of the company to continue working.
 
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