That was the last thing consoles had going for them. The only thing that will keep the next gen from flopping is inertia and maybe EXTREMELY aggressive pricing.

Sony can’t be trusted with digital content: consumerrights.wiki/…/Sony's_attempted_removal_of… They can’t be trusted to keep providing support for digital content storefronts gameinformer.com/…/ps3-ps-vita-and-psp-stores-are… And they can’t be trusted te keep offering features they announced consumerrights.wiki/…/PlayStation_3_Removal_of_Ot…

So, yeah, why would I buy a box with built in obsolescence from a company who has pressed the “make obsolete” button multiple times? If I’m buying downloadable games I’ll do so on a platform that I can run in any machine I want to, and that will keep supporting things I bought for decades to come.