Phil doing what Don couldn’t

  • UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Welp. With this and other AAA games like Alan Wake going full digital, I suppose the end is nigh for physical media. It’s a real shame. I own tons of physical games dating back to the Atari 2600. I tend to view things like Limited Run Games to be collector bait, so I guess most of my games are going to be purchased on GOG or Steam once the plug is pulled(I do not trust digital storefronts on console).

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      1 year ago

      What really sucks is that it eliminates any sort of trade-in systems. I rarely have the desire to play a game I’ve already finished, at least I would be able to recoup some of that money towards a new game. There goes that along with lending games to friends

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        1 year ago

        How often does that happen these days though? Trading in games or lending to friends hasn’t been worth it for a while. Trades are worth a handful of dollars and if your friends are adults they can probably afford their own game anyway. We cling too much to an era where people could still believe the earth would be fine. It’s a hobby, is it really worth it?

    • PenguinTD@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      they can still support encrypted format usb sticks which technically doesn’t have storage limit. (then decrypt/then encode again when transfer to your console. as if they are downloaded from the server)

      Like windows OS is selling on usb sticks.