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

  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    You should at least want the option because it keeps them honest. If it’s digital only, there’s all kinds of shenanigans they can get up to. “Sorry your console is EOL now so we’re disabling it, but don’t worry, just buy our newest XBone720 and you can re-buy all your favorite classic games and play them on a shitty emulator!”

    At least with physical option they know people would go back to buying physical media (which they make less money from) if they tried such a thing.

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      1 year ago

      Given that MS have the best back cat of all the consoles at the moment, is that really a likely outcome?

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        1 year ago

        Enshittification is inevitable. All it takes is for one dumbass CEO to see a potential increase in revenue and they’ll do it no matter how stupid it is.