Sony is pouring R&D into micro lenses because the real money's in AI vision tech. While gamers argue over "ownership," Sony's quietly building the tiny eyes for our robot overlords. Chasing trends so hard they ditched the thing that made consoles feel real, all to become a subscription + surveillance hardware farm. Physical media, stock up. The future is cloud, fees, and microlenses watching your every move. Sony: Innovating... away from fun since forever.
@Miketrub23 1) I don't pay full price for Steam games to begin with
2) PC is open - they can't take them away from you
3) Consoles have operated in a different space - without physical media, there's no point for me
4) Steam has a return policy - Sony doesn't
5) PSN pricing is horrible
Sure, and it's also "trivial" for them to install a kill switch that bricks your entire console. The fact that they could doesn't mean they will, because the second they pull that stunt on mass-market hardware they'll get sued into the sun .Physical still means the game lives on your disc, not their server. The "they might one day" hypothetical doesn't magically make digital licenses less revocable today. You have some toddler level logic on display here.
The physical vs digital debate keeps getting framed the wrong way. It’s not really about discs taking up space or downloads being more convenient. It’s about whether you actually own what you pay for.Physical media = you own it. You can play it, sell it, lend it, or leave it on a shelf for 30 years. No account, no internet, no company can reach in and take it back . Digital = you own nothing. You’re granted a revocable license. One that can be (and has been) revoked when a server shuts down, a company goes bankrupt, an account gets banned, or they simply decide to delist the thing you “bought.” That’s the actual conversation.
Lol what a dumb counter point. Did you really just compare a natural disaster to a large corporation decision to remove a revocable license? Smh you should put your efforts into campaigning to have more rights for digital software not trying to convince those of us who see the flaws.
Physical games breaking is a 'you' problem.
A company remotely deleting the game you paid for is a 'them' problem you can't do anything about. Comparing the two is toddler logic. One is an accident or your own fault. The other is corporate theft dressed up as a license agreement. Try again, Retard.