“It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing,” says guy who makes money selling the thing.

  • algorithmae@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Xbox One announcement (E3 2013): "YOU CAN TAKE MY DISKS FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!

    Current Year (2023): “Disks are outdated and dead, who needs em anyway?”

    Y’all forget way too easily and they are starting to prey upon it.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, most people are thinking of the reasons of ownership, whereas xbox one was about availability.

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      1 year ago

      The problem is it’s kind of murky now since most discs don’t even contain the game anymore. So yeah you can lend/sell them but you’re still dependent on a digital store. It’s just a license for a digital game in physical form. I say this as a physical media proponent.

      I am not pro-digital only but if the discs don’t have the game I’m less inclined to pay extra for what is likely to be the first part of my console to fail.