Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMicrosoft 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 3 weeks ago
What are you talking about?
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…
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
OK good that you at least edited your statement about the disk drive out, because that was wrong.
In to the Xbox One announcement, you’re leaving out very important information - the fact that they were allowing trading/re-selling and loaning of said digital games.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Once per purchase, at participating retailers