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"
The game is still downloaded from a server via codes in a box. The distribution of the game is still digital.
How about we ship a box with both a digital download code and a disc? Would you classify it as digital?
I’d classify the digital copy as digital, and the disc as physical if it has the game on it.
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.
blackbeans@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
How about we ship a box with both a digital download code and a disc? Would you classify it as digital?
GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I’d classify the digital copy as digital, and the disc as physical if it has the game on it.
blackbeans@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
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.