@michaelheald A lot of my PS2 discs have failed or are visibly decaying already, this is why emulation is so important to preserving media, we can't just produce more discs forever.
@michaelheald The saddest part is how the physical decay of the media will break them over time and it won't take that long, without a way of making copies they'll disappear eventually.
@michaelheald That or it will be back to arcades and lan-house styled businesses where you rent access for a time. At the same time maybe the social aspect from those could be a good thing.
@michaelheald Isn't Nintendo already doing this though? Or at least constantly trying to test the water to not have any physical versions on release day.
@Volvagia224 The kid in me wants it to happen and be excited for it, the adult knows it's a very slim chance it wouldn't turn into a mockery of the original in most cases.
@kabrutusdeid They just keep releasing bombs and backing awful projects and flip flopping their business strategy with releases instead of sticking to anything. They keep releasing stuff in pc and making money, then doing some stupid change and lose, then go back to exclusives nobody wants.
@3DPrintGeneral The "need" is a promise that investing on it will turn into uncountable trillions of dollars in returns which justify every spending on it, which some are starting to realise it doesn't actually make sense.
@3DPrintGeneral There are two visions where it goes right that people are chasing, one is the people that lose jobs get better jobs and pay, or AI somehow makes everything so cheap there's no need to charge anymore. Both are delusional.