Microsoft still allow physical copies?
Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles
ViscloReader@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What? What the fuck? They are just going to let Nintendo be the last physical game producer? Physical copies are about to cost so much, fuck them!
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Articles were going around yesterday talking about Microsoft’s next console being digital only.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I sympathize with people huffing copium with “but XBOX!” regarding physical games, but they need to think about what they’re saying. It’s Microsoft!
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Until yesterday you no doubt thought Sony would never do what they just announced. Maybe don’t “Xbox too” just because you want Xbox to.
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The current Xbox is going to be supported for another 10+ years at this rate. They’re going to keep selling games on disc for it.
The next Xbox is a pc, which is already all digital.
ViscloReader@lemmy.world 1 day ago
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So you’re just hoping Microsoft also get rid of discs because you don’t want them to still sell them if Sony doesn’t. Gotcha.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Microsoft tried to make their consoles digital only years ago. They only added the disc drive back because Sony’s marketing of the PS4.
Now that Sony’s out, MS will gleefully follow
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
What are you talking about?
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
At E3 in 2013, Microsoft announced that all games, including physical copies, would be electronically bound to your Microsoft account, making “physical” copies just keys for their digital network.
Sony famously made fun of them, and forced Microsoft to change course for the Xbox One/PS4 era
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Nintendo: Game key cards don’t seem so bad now, huh??
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Microsoft: our Xbox one “physical as digital” plan doesn’t seem so bad now, huh?