Eh. I’m not surprised to see this. But I am happy I built my PC when I did.
Quite frankly I do not feel bad about pirating everything and storing it to my hard drive. If we don’t own it, it’s not stealing.
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Because stopping disc production has worked so well for Microsoft...
Here's the bit both are forgetting:
The hardware is still sold at retail.
So you go into a store, you see a console for sale but no games. Or, worse, a shelf of old games on the "Discontinued" rack (the Xbox section in most Targets and Walmarts now.) Do you feel inclined to buy that hardware?
How is that working out for Microsoft?
Valve can get away with it with the Steam products because they are sold in the same online store that sells the games.
Also steam is a storefront, if you want the hardware you go to PC store.
Saying that made me realised that they might actually want to make sure they (the Sony store) are the only one to be able to sell this, no more game store in the future.
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Sony have always been a sh** company though, even as far back as their proprietary mini disc format.
Minidisc was licensed technology, companies like Sharp, Denon, Pioneer, JVC, Onkyo and Kenwood all made competitive minidisc players. The discs were also sold by many brands.
I don't think Sony's audio division was as restrictive and aggressive as their gaming division.
Of course, all corporations are shitty. But there are degrees of shitty.
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Between this and most of the games coming out these days, apart from indies, being complete crap, I think the PS5 will be my last console.
The end of that era happened in like 2015...
Xbox and Nintendo are basically doing the same thing
And PC games have been digital for ages it feels. Still a loss, I usually wait half a year to two years before buying new games and can just pick up whatever I want for 20€ on disc without having to wait for the next PS Store sale, often even the version that includes all the DLCs and the remaster of the previous game. PS5 is probably my last console.
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