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TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

They are taking a consumer choice and right (reselling a disc) away by this decision. That’s why people are pissed.

You NEVER owned the game, only the media. See my other response about the legal EULA that have been included with every game you have ever purchased. Studios and publishers have no moral or legal duty to sell you a piece of plastic.

If you disagree philosophically, don’t buy games from studios and publishers who don’t distribute physical media…

However unhappy you are about this decision, it does NOT give you the legal or moral authority to DEMAND that an artist create art in the medium of your choice. I suspect the only reason that this vocal minority is kicking up a fuss is because they realize that the industry doesn’t care, because they can still thrive without your business.

No one is going to hold the entire industry back because you and a miniscule minority are too cheap, or afraid to move forward.

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DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Ok not owning that games intellectual property affected my ability to choose and resell a disc in what way?

You are thinking that I seem to think when I buy a disc that I OWN this game. I can make copies, I can make a sequal, I can fucking get a percentage of sales from it.

No dude. I could RESELL the license that existed on that disc that couldn’t be revoked.

Do you understand that? I feel like you are not understanding what I am saying here seriously.

Also I just said I didn’t want anyone to demand or legally force them to do that is English not your first language or something?

Discs have existed since ps1 and digital only editions of PlayStation games have existed since PS3 no one is forcing shit.

People are rightfully calling Sony anti consumer for this move and upset that a gaming company they used to love would screw their customers like this.

I am not saying they should be legally required to do shit and they won’t be. Sony can do whatever it wants but the customers who have been with them for years can call them out on it being bullshit too.

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- TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I guess I just don’t understand your point then, so lets walk through it and see if you can state a definitive point.
  
  You prefer to own discs so you can sell them.
  
  You you acknowledge that owning a disk does not mean that you own of have control over the intellectual proprty.
  
  You agree that it would be wrong to try and REQUIRE someone to distribute their art on disc if they didn’t want to?
  
  Call them out all you want, but can you at least acknowledge that your opinion is a minority opinion?
  
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  - DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    “I was hoping Lemmy gaming communities would be better than reddit”
    
    Seems like YOU are the minority opinion, eh?
    
    And yes, just like I said before digital only options have always been up to the publisher. Hundreds of games get released on PlayStation without a disc version. No one is forcing shit.
    
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    TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Also my point that you seem to be intentionally missing is that if you buy a game license digitally you get to have it taken away when the company decides they want to and can’t resell it
    
    I have no problem with this. Such is the ephemeral nature of art. If my enjoyment comes from that act of possession and not experience then I should probably collect Funko Pops and not video games.
    
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