Without physical games:
- Midnight launches are dead
- Collectors Editions lose half of their value
- You can’t share, trade, or sell your games
- You can’t buy used games
- If there’s a server outage, you’re shit out of luck
- YOU OWN NOTHING
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
PlayStation is ending production of physical game discs for all new games, starting January 2028.
From that date, new games will be available in digital formats only.
OH NO THE MOST EXPENSIVE VIDEO GAME EVER CREATED FROM A DEVELOPER THAT IS KNOWN TO ONLY MAKE INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS PUSHING THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY WITH UNPRECEDENTED ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT I WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PLAY FOR HUNDREDS OF HOURS COSTS 20 DOLLARS MORE
i don’t know how to explain this to people but some of us literally just have good jobs. idk what else to say. i’m not in debt and my parents don’t fund my lifestyle. i do my job everyday and get a paycheck and use that to do fun things lol
Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will officially begin on June 25 on digital storefronts and at other select retailers.
Check out the official cover art, also available as downloadable artwork at https://t.co/XPwC8URCQ4