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"

desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It isn’t about digital vs physical it’s about ownership. On PC stores you’re still downloading a computer file. That you keep.

  PlayStation digital isn’t like PC digital, it isn’t a file that you store on a hard drive it’s an entry in a database to say that you “own” that game. An entry that can be easily deleted whenever Sony feel like it. Think of it like the difference between Netflix and Jellyfin hosting

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  • desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ahhhh makes sense now

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, but the party everyone is leaving out is that was greatly helped along when stores like GameStop stopped carrying PC games other than WoW and CoD circa 2010.

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