PlayStation is reportedly sending a lengthy survey to game developers with a question about how they sell physical games after their decision to stop producing physical game discs prompted intense backlash.
PlayStation is reportedly sending a lengthy survey to game developers with a question about how they sell physical games after their decision to stop producing physical game discs prompted intense backlash.
If you want to sell without discs, then you need to open your hardware up and allow storefront competition and DRM-free games.
That’s why people are angry, not just because of the physical media aspect.
I mean I’m angry about both but yes it’s largely because the last bastion of guaranteed access to something you purchased is being removed.
No kidding. I have literally thousands of games on PC, that are digital. But I also can run a script and have it download all my GOG games to a drive as a backup.
I also have tons of digital music I bought, because I can download it.
I don’t have any consoles newer than PS3 and 360, and I don’t buy digital movies. Because there is no guarantee the digital on those works forever.
All the reasons I have a 40TB Plex server, vpn and a NZB subscription
And while you’re at it, open up the OS so it’s more than just a game console. And it would be nice if it had interchangeable parts so we could customize the hardware.
Wait a minute…
I think the next Xbox is supposed to be more open, but still, yeah, just a buy a PC… when it’s affordable… gulp
Magic 8-ball, when will PC prices be affordable?
Dammit, I think my magic 8-ball is busted. Whenever I ask about PC prices, it just keeps saying THAT!!!
…except later never comes.
Unless there’s a massive bubble pop, not for 5+ years. Thanks to all the long term agreements!
All the more reason to milk my AM4 build for all it’s worth.
They do that. They still sell PCs, as far as I know. Consoles are subsidized because you have to buy from them.
Those PCs just don’t run PlayStation games (unless they have a PC version).
I always felt like if you bought a PC, you should be able to buy a license to play Xbox and/or PlayStation games on it. Just have to pay the piper. Sadly it didn’t work like that. They all make money if you buy multiple machines, so they will push you in that direction if you want more diversity in your gaming.