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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"

blackbeans@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

It sounds logical. However, by that definition, game boxes with download codes would be physical as well… Yet Sony isn’t killing those.

To me it’s clear that it’s not about the method of distribution or the way data is processed, it’s about their business model in general.

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GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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