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[–] missingno@fedia.io 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I still buy physical whenever possible. But I've also come to accept that I'm a dinosaur for doing so. PC ditched physical a very long time ago, mobile never knew it to begin with, it's a matter of time before consoles drop it someday too. It's inevitable.

I think a lot of people still see physical as the most secure form of preservation, that in 50 years when download servers are gone we'll still have our discs. But in an era of patches, updates, and DLC, how often is that 1.0 on the disc actually going to be the version you want preserved in the future?

Asking myself that question sort of forced me to acknowledge that my preference for physical media may just be more sentimental than practical.

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I sell games back. You can easily recoup 75% of your cost.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This has been my concern, as well. Games rarely ship as a finished product anymore. All the disc is really good for is acting as a token for ownership. But even that is limited, as the disc often doesn't even have enough space to fully install a playable version of the game, and you still need to be able to download the rest of the game from official servers.

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Some of the Game of the Year editions used to have the full game on a disc, but even towards the end of that trend, companies just started packing the original disc with dlc codes.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

As someone who has not a single digital game on ps5, this sickens me.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I try to buy physical whenever possible because I know PlayStation will take my games at any moment. I need to make backups of my games.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Even if there is actual data on the disk and not just a glorified license key it does not mean that you could do anything with these disks if Sony decides otherwise...

[–] Jimbel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

At least he can sell the disks

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That is true.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

wait are they the only folk who sell playstation games

[–] misk@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You’d still expect it to be larger share because they take a big cut (licensing fee) from third party physical sales too.

i'm just being glib to insinuate this reeks of hollywoo accounting

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I mean, didnt they make a PS5 without any means to use physical media?