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This eliminates the resale market. So, no longer can customers: 1. Buy the game as Physical 2. Play it until done or bored 3. Sell it as Used to recoupe some of their gamer cash, and spend it elsewhere 3.1 Other user buy a discounted game. NOTE: This game is $100.00 for the full version, and $80.00 for the "not all gameplay" version. NOTE 2: For Disabled Folks amongst us, who game, the Digital Only system is a bit of…
I'm honestly not sure why this is making headlines. The move to digital-only has been happening for years . I mean, when I got Skyrim's legendary edition, the box only had a code in it, and that was 2013! 13 years ago! It saves the publisher money and cuts down on reselling, which was cutting into their sales. It simplifies distribution. It gives them far more control, especially if they use their own launcher. Is an…
> I mean, when I got Skyrim's legendary edition, the box only had a code in it, and that was 2013! 13 years ago! Because PC and console games have (had?) different cultures. This has been normalized for PC games for decades, but it absolutely is not the norm for consoles.
It’s a shame it doesn’t send a stronger signal, but you’ll still be joining many others.
Eventually, there’ll be enough conscientious objectors that things change. It’s probably some small percentage, so you sitting out will do more than you think!
In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me. On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my o…
>very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my own enjoyment Side question, do you happen to play games that don't have a gun or a ball in it? I always hear people say these things about modern games and it's almost always turns out to be people who play call of duty , sports games and maybe they have played something like assassin's creed or a racing game once in a while, and have never played any indie…
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A PS5 Bluray can hold 100GB of data, sure some AAA titles are in excess of 100GB, although that is still 100GB that the player doesn't have to download, plus they enable re-sell-ability and partially maintain the status quo of "owning" a title.
It's weird to say this, but BD (including 4K UHD BD) is actually really old tech. Sony was talking about quad-layer discs back before they deleted the mandatory disc caddy from the draft BD spec! OK, practically speaking nobody had their hands on a quad-layer disc until BDXL in the mid-2010s, but even then that's still old. As for why nobody's made a higher-capacity disc... well, they did. It was even an industry sta…
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This eliminates the resale market. So, no longer can customers: 1. Buy the game as Physical 2. Play it until done or bored 3. Sell it as Used to recoupe some of their gamer cash, and spend it elsewhere 3.1 Other user buy a discounted game. NOTE: This game is $100.00 for the full version, and $80.00 for the "not all gameplay" version. NOTE 2: For Disabled Folks amongst us, who game, the Digital Only system is a bit of…
The "vote with your wallet" mantra holds here. Don't buy it.
(Barring other regulatory burdens. I think it's reasonable that you cannot legally sell on prescription drugs, for example.)
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>very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my own enjoyment Side question, do you happen to play games that don't have a gun or a ball in it? I always hear people say these things about modern games and it's almost always turns out to be people who play call of duty , sports games and maybe they have played something like assassin's creed or a racing game once in a while, and have never played any indie…
Do you have any recent games you recommend?
This eliminates the resale market. So, no longer can customers: 1. Buy the game as Physical 2. Play it until done or bored 3. Sell it as Used to recoupe some of their gamer cash, and spend it elsewhere 3.1 Other user buy a discounted game. NOTE: This game is $100.00 for the full version, and $80.00 for the "not all gameplay" version. NOTE 2: For Disabled Folks amongst us, who game, the Digital Only system is a bit of…
The "vote with your wallet" mantra holds here. Don't buy it.
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> I mean, when I got Skyrim's legendary edition, the box only had a code in it, and that was 2013! 13 years ago! Because PC and console games have (had?) different cultures. This has been normalized for PC games for decades, but it absolutely is not the norm for consoles.
Playstation and Xbox both have disc drive free SKUs.