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PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Pohl@lemmy.world 201 points 10 months ago (79 children)

I have content I purchased on steam 19yrs ago. Shit was built for completely different hardware but I can go install and play it right now. The physical console games I bought that year only work in consoles that have long since broken. I can go play HL2 whenever I want, to play my copy of THPS3, I have to find and buy a PS2 that still works.

Digital ownership can apparently work just fine

Sony is reminding us that Sony is a shitty company. The company that bought you amazing technology like the memory stick (tm) probably cannot be trusted.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 106 points 10 months ago (58 children)

Don't find yourself in a false sense of security.

Your games on Steam are just as ephemeral as any other digital content purchased online.

[–] Pohl@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (21 children)

Dude it’s been 20yrs. I bought a game 20yrs ago and I can still play it. The physical media that I OWN did not last that long.

Any day it could go away. Just like my PS2 games went away when the only hardware on earth allowed to play them died.

A quarter of a human lifetime and counting is ephemeral? You think you are going to be able to get a blue ray player in another 20yrs? You know that making one requires paying fees to Sony, right? If you want media that lasts for generations, buy paintings and sheet music.

[–] hellishharlot@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think pcsx 2 let's you put a PS2 CD in and run it through the emulator

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It does.

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