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But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Support your local libraries. My city’s library system is so good that I borrow games on release day all the time. You get them for 1-2 weeks, Most games that are older than a few weeks you can keep for up to 3 weeks, which gives me plenty of time to knock them off my list. Im sure I’ll get this one soon enough, im currently playing AC Shadows which I borrowed

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Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Borrowing games from the library? How does that even work? Do they give you a Steam login and just change the password every 2 weeks or something?

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- But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Ah, you’re one of those who think only pc gaming exists
  
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- Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  There’s these things called consoles, that let you put a disk in, they both contains the game and a license to play it.
  
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  - Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What a bizarre concept. I doubt they’ll ever catch on. We already have computers, and you don’t need any fancy “discs” or “empty boxes” to play games on them, either. Just download what you want straight from the internet.
    
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    Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It’s great, I can lend my friend the games he doesn’t have, and I can do the same with his games. In this way, we can play many more games than we have the money for.
    
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  - Joeffect@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Unless it’s a switch 2 then all you get is a key on the cartridge… Biggest waste of time on both sides
    
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    Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Some games, some are on cart too. Switch 1 is actually probably the best because just about every game is fully playable unlike ps and Xbox which require patches often to run alright. Switch 2 I hear cyberpunk is fully on the cart, but I doubt many publishers are willing to pay for the bigger carts, so we’ll probably see a lot of third parties be just the key, which is ridiculous.
    
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- mesitoispro@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I honestly don’t know, but my local library apparently has something similar.
  
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- Panda@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Not sure how it works nowadays, actually! As a child I would borrow PC and PlayStation games from the library. They were physical copies of course. But with Steam keys and all I’m not sure!
  
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- Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Imagine they just crack it.
  
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