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It can't suddenly disappear from your shelf (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not disagreeing with your sentiment but you're not right about old consoles.

All consoles starting with the NES had authenticator chips to cut down on piracy. Arguably the only reason the medium survived is because of the manufacturers tightened control over the flood of low quality games, knock offs, and theft. The Nintendo Seal of Approval was a necessity to buyers because it said the game wasn't shovelware garbage.

What's happening today with licenses, access control, and long-term renting from the corpos isn't fundamentally different, just more pervasive. But now we have all the shovelware too.

Also those carts DO just disappear as their RAM dies. The discs last longer, but I bet you have PS1 games that won't read anymore.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

My comment on old consoles not preventing you from playing physical games was only in regards to originals, not pirated ones.

I am well aware that physical media actually provides more ways for vendors to limit control of software/games by the users. Both practical and even legal hurdles.

I agree that physical media won't last forever and even when they do the hardware that runs them might not work anymore.