Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

ViscloReader@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nintendo: Game key cards don’t seem so bad now, huh??

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  • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Microsoft: our Xbox one “physical as digital” plan doesn’t seem so bad now, huh?

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• GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Microsoft still allow physical copies?

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  • newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Articles were going around yesterday talking about Microsoft’s next console being digital only.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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!

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      • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • ViscloReader@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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    • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What are you talking about?

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      • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

        vice.com/…/one-of-playstations-most-iconic-ads-ha…

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