If you pay for the discs, you can't use the discs on future generations. Right? Ps4 can't read ps3 or ps2 discs. Xbox one can read xbox and 360 discs, but they limit it to only specific games. So in general, you have to buy it once again on their online store, if its available at all.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, idk why Ps4 has no backwards compatibility. PS3 (fat) was backwards compatible with PS 1+2, and PS5 is backwards compatible for PS4. I didn't buy a PS4 for that exact reason, and was lucky enough to get my hands on a PS5 during launch to play all the PS4 games I missed.

With all the niche Japanese games I like slowly coming to PC, I probably won't buy a new console ever again. (As an aside, if anyone has a spare fat PS3 they're willing to sell for parts...)

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It just feels so anti-consumer and everyones forgets about it and they just happily pay for content which can no longer be owned only rented.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I agree. One of the few reasons I still stuck to consoles is because I could buy the physical games and have it on my shelf forever. That's going the way of the dinosaurs, and while I love that things are more accessible via Steam or whatever, I can't let my friends borrow my games, or pass it along to someone else to enjoy if I didn't like a game as much.

I also just love collecting and displaying game cases and steelbooks and stuff. That's rarely a thing anymore, either.

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