I completely understand where you’re coming from, but for a lot of gamers physical discs are the only way they could afford to play games because they could get them secondhand. You can also give games to your younger siblings Which is a great way to introduce them to the games you were playing.
Most importantly though, as we saw from PlayStation this past week, if the media we buy is only digital, it can be taken away from us at a moment’s notice with no recourse. Imagine that, one day your entire library of games could be deleted overnight because technically you don’t own it.
Let's say the PS6 is a digital only console (pretty much guaranteed now) and 20yrs after it's release you wanna get a game for the PS6 but they've shut down the store just like they did for the PS3/Vita. What are you going to do?
You can't go to a gamestop, a pawn shop, a flea market, ebay or whatever. This is planned obsolescence in its' final form. PlayStation now has 100% control over how you buy and play a game.
Your boy wanna sell you a game for cheap? Can't do that, gotta buy full price on PSN. Wanna give your boy a game to check out? too bad, he's gotta buy it for $70 on PSN.
This is terrible for videogame preservation and consumer rights
Aaaaand it truly begins
>GTA6 no physical edition
>PlayStation will stop making physical games starting 2028
But gamers will defend their favorite brand and call you stupid for wanting more options 🤷♂️
No video game take is more performative than saying ocarina of time is mid. Acting as if you can't appreciate the beauty of a rainbow formed from the foam of a waterfall doesn't make you look intelligent.
- 27 year old game
- Widely considered one of the greatest games ever made
- Originally released on one of the most technically dated consoles ever
- From a company that almost never remakes games
"sToP rEmAkInG gAmEs"
Some of you just don't like video games.
Imagine how much harder that Ocarina of Time remake reveal woulda hit had it not been leaked.
Imagine how much harder that God of War Laufey game woulda hit had it not been leaked.
I'm so sick of leak culture.