For those who don’t know, there has been somewhat of an uproar due to Playstation’s announcement about stopping making disks.
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- 2 days
Nope. PCs haven’t had physical games for well over a decade. Even “physical” games like Battlefield 1 just had a code in them, and that was 2016, a decade ago now. Discs were going away for PC games by the early 10s. I’ve been surprised that consoles held out for as long as they did, considering the always online stuff, the updates, seasonal DLC, DRM, etc. I miss when games were feature complete, like Pokemon Emerald or the early Sonic franchise.
I would like to be able to legally resell my digital games that I don’t want anymore.
No. Convenience always wins. Same reason people decided streaming is better than owning.
Some percent of those upset and boycotting will simply give it up. These things have about a 2-4 week lifespan. Then they’ll just miss their PlayStation and everything will be over, except they’ll own even less.
6 daysAnd the same thing that could also work in Win365’s favor against PCs should it get a consumer tier.
- 5 days
No. Its that simple.
People will keep using the playstation, people will keep playing games, buying shit etc. Its wishful thinking that the boycott will do anything other the slightly lower overall numbers. The equivalent of a normal workday.
The disk battle is the wrong one to fight.
The correct battle is that buying=owning not leasing.
- KulunkelBoom@lemmus.orgEnglish5 days
If there’s an actual boycott - yes it will work. Will EVERYONE refuse to buy their products?
Yeah… right.
- 6 days
No.
- most people don’t know about it
- many actual children won’t care
- many “gamers” are little better than children
- SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
or the main point, modern games can’t really fit on physical media.
- 5 days
Discs is probably not the future but we could go back to cartridges with solid-state storage and get more than enough for a large game. It doesn’t have to be particularly compact so I assume companies could save money on not opting for the most state of the art densest drives
- 6 days
I suppose. But I remember old games came on multiple disks.
I also think that chasing every higher graphics has reached diminishing returns. Style counts for more than fidelity, I think.
- 5 days
No.
People already buy digital games at greater rates for years, plus most digital games havent been the full game for a while now. Some of them are literally just download codes now.
Also, boycotts and protests almost never work.
- ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish6 days
I think people underestimate the power of collective action. People have been underplaying the strengths of these actions in online discourse to the point where I wonder if its coordinated.
Being loud and boycotting does work. And even if it doesn’t why support anti consumer practices.
PlayStation sold more PS5 without BD reader than the one with. Consumers have already voted
- ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish6 days
According to Circana (formerly NPD), as of October of 2024, 82% of PS5s were the disc version.
- 6 days
It’s kinda not only customers fault. Sony charges much for the bd version plus 9/10 of the games require huge downloads and installs even if they are physical. Most people just don’t see the point anymore.
- 6 days
If the disk cannot install and play the full game, then it holds little value as physical media for preservation. At that point the only value it has is for collectors.
- 6 days
Or someone who wants to resell it when they’re done playing it. Us old dudes did that often. You could always get a little of the cash back from a game you could use to put toward a new game. With digital it’s full price and no resale.
- 6 days
On top of reselling, you could let friends borrow games that you weren’t using.
- 6 days
Yeah, but every game has an expiration date if you have to rely on a server still being live to download the full game, which is kinda my point.
- SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
Or someone who wants to resell it when they’re done playing it
you mean the days when a $80 game could be resold for $5?
- 6 days
Only to GameStop. You could get more money for them selling on eBay or outright.
- HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish6 days
To add to what you’ve said, Microsoft has effectively abandoned physical media as well, with Nintendo being the last hold out whom is constantly lambasted for their prices. Computer gaming had completely abandoned physical media for over a decade.
Consumers are dumb
Buy the disc system, then Its only a few physical games, and then youd have saved the money a disc drive would cost
Ive gotten all physical games i have, for 70% of the price sony sells them for on their digital store
Incl brand new releases
And i own it forever
- qwestjest78@lemmy.caEnglish6 days
“And i own it forever”
We are not talking about the PS2 or even PS3 here though. These new games do not fit on a disk and require constant updates and connection to servers. Any game that requires you to connect to the internet, even if you own the disc, you don’t really own. They can shut that down anytime they feel like it.
Certainly depends on the game
My baldurs gate 3 came on 2 discs
So thats an option too
A lot of the games i have, got someonline functionality, multiplayer or online content etc but they work just fine offline too
I mostly buy that type of games for my ps5, then i get the “online” games like path of exile or whatever, on PC
- 6 days
Sony has rigged the game though, and you’ve bought into it.
Your physical discs are only as good as your ability to download the game files and day-one patches from their servers. For the average user, there really is no benefit to having a disc.
I hate it, but Sony made the choice for us as far back as the PS3.
- 6 days
Do you have a source for that? Because I know for a long time the disc version outsold the digital by a pretty wide margin. And the pro doesn’t count because it doesn’t offer a disc option.
I’m pretty sure that was in the media release from Sony but I could be mistaken
This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs
- 5 days
The boycott wont do anything now but I think once they actually stop releasing physical games a lot of people will move to switch to continue collecting, or to PC since it’s more convenient for digital games. If it’s enough to make them change course, I don’t know, but I sure hope so.
I’ll answer with a question that should well serve as an answer
What boycott?
Nope, nobody really cares about physical media or owning anything anymore
That depends entirely on how long gamers are able to stay angry enough to sustain the boycott, and how many of them actually stick to it.
