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Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future” (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Switorik@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

If we're going to transition to digital only, a couple things need to happen.

When we purchase a game, we own it. This is not a long term rental.

If we want to sell it or trade it, we can.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol, never going to happen.

[–] Switorik@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I know, but it's what should happen. People hold the power to make it happen but don't have any restraint to follow through.

[–] TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Both Microsoft and Sony had this exact infrastructure built ready to go for Xbox One and PS4 prior to launch.

We were going to get full digital collections with a marketplace that would allow entitlement sales AND the ability to loan entitlements to friends for set periods of time.

When Microsoft announced the plans at E3 2013, a whiny minority of "core gamers" kicked up such a fuss that Microsofts stock tanked and they backpedalled... Sony hadn't made any announcements yet and presented the EXACT opposite of Microsoft's plan literally 8 hours later despite the fact that their existing hardware DevKits and system software functioned exactly as Microsoft had described. Sony got to look like the "hero" while both of them then scrambled to completely reengineer their hardware and system software prior to launch...

We lost a bright future that day.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 8 hours ago

The Corps called they said no and fuck you.