Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital"

• GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The game is still downloaded from a server via codes in a box. The distribution of the game is still digital.

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  • blackbeans@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How about we ship a box with both a digital download code and a disc? Would you classify it as digital?

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    • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’d classify the digital copy as digital, and the disc as physical if it has the game on it.

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      • blackbeans@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Did you play it or install it from a physical medium? Physical.

        So you agree that it’s related to the medium then. Not to the distribution.

        As you mention, a distributed box without a disc counts as digital. A distributed box with a disc counts as physical.

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