Comment on "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 1 day agoIn PS4 days, it was still common to be able to install & play games only from the disc. You were never forced to go online with your PS4. Even if you bought a game online you could always play offline
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Pure online games is kinda obvious 😁
Always offline = forever? Not license verification once a month or so?
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You had to put in the disc to play. So you could trade or share your games with others.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
So like 20yrs ago with PCs. Explains the many downloadable PS4 games. Trading was nice, yes. I’m baffled consoleros can still do this. Would’ve bet you were already brought down to our level.
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just found out even on PS5s with disc drive there are a lot of single player games that don’t need an initial patch or verification and are playable without being online. But Sony no longer makes this a requirement for publishers as it was with PS4, so more and more games need this. I have PS5 without disc drive, so that’s not an option for me…