Comment on "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day agoSo 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…
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
So…you have a driveless ps5 and couldn’t buy any ps5 game if it came on disk? You can only buy the license for your account?
But making it an option for devs probably means the end of media. Why would they even do that? As a Dev I want you to rent a license not own your shit.
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t think Sony allows PS5 games that are not available online.
“Sony makes it mandatory that you and your friends can share your games” was a major selling point. THIS IS FOR THE PLAYERS was they slogan. And they were really focusing on people’s needs back then.
Until Sony realised they can just milk people as Microsoft did or so …
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Oh yeah this slogan is super cool and a good selling point. Sadly also sounds like a thing from my childhood 40yrs ago.
They need to quench every cent. And probably noticed that the majority of people wouldn’t even know or care. And the others can accept it or move to another console that still does. But I assume one is “imprinted” on one ecosystem and especially its controller?