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I used to think this was bad, but honestly? It’s just games. Some people buy tons of digital games they literally never even play. If they were physical games, imagine all the e-waste. And what’s the point of physical games? So you can play the game in 30 years from now on some retro console you’ve diligently maintained? Get over it, you’re not going to do any of that. There’s no mythical third act where you go throu…
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>There’s no mythical third act where you go through some library of physical CDs and reminisce about an old ass game. Huh? You won't replay every game, sure, but once in a while you'll find a game that you keep coming back to even many years after first playing it. The last time I played Pokémon Red all the way through was only a few years ago. I have permanent Deus Ex, Crysis, FEAR, and Duke Nukem 3D installations o…
Maybe remember the experience but grow up?
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> middle finger to second hand and physical stores They've seen the writing on the wall for at least a decade; that's why GameStop has more shelf space for Funko Pops than for games.
Genuine question but is this why Gamestop was thinking about buying E-bay which ironically had some of the most greatest meme about "half cash, half stock" if someone remembers that in terms of the immense stupidity displayed in botching up the deal or the finances of it. but what is the plan for shops like GameStop then if nobody buys or sells games anymore via offline shops. as you mentioned with Funko pops (and I…
Bankruptcy.
They've already had to massively cut down after the first round of people switching to digital-only. I doubt they'll survive a digital-only world (maybe a rebrand will work? Or maybe they'll limp along on merch).
Most games with retail copies drop in price soon after the hype window is over. They stay full launch retail price in the PSN store unless there is a "sale". Anti-consumerism at its finest.
I wonder if that's because there's a downward price pressure on physical inventory because it needs to get liquidated to free up physical space for new inventory.
This is ridiculous, and not long after they've been updating their ToS to require you to sign in and phone home in order to continue to be allowed access to your digital library. > In response to shifting trends in consumer preference. I hate this corporate speak. If buying isn't ownership, then pirating isn't stealing.
It’s not corporate speak - they have hard data in digital vs physical sales that they report on every quarter: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-just-reported-a-new-r...
Sucks to see this right after the Studio Canal movie situation [1]. I won't be getting another PlayStation. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691346
Why would anyone “buy” movies from PlayStation . That’s not their business, I would never have expected them to be in it for the long haul, just like MS did a rug pull on this a few years ago didn’t they?
Consumers are lured into walled-gardens all the time - consoles, app stores, hardware. Where would you suggest someone purchase a digital license for a movie?
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> since it isn't being compressed Isn't being compressed as much . All Blurays are compressed either with MPEG2, VC1, H.264, or H.265 if it's an UHD Bluray.
Huh, I always thought they were uncompressed. That's why people preferred it over hd-dvd
Video is really big. Compression was needed to make it even vaguely possible unless your quality was in the toilet.
HD-DVDs were smaller, so they were more compressed.
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I exclusively play on Fedora if on pc and the only problem I had up to now was with the ps5 controller and some weird rumble input. That was easily fixed with some googling.
Sidenote but why do you use a PS5 controller? I can understand if someone already has a console they'd prefer to use the controllers they already have, but I see so many PC gamers go out and buy a playstation or xbox controller when they want a controller when 8bitdo is right there and much better for the price
Wow that doesn't sound great. We won't own games anymore, we won't be able to sell/acquire used games, we won't be able to play disconnected. I'm curious whether Nintendo will be following the same path.