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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The issue, normies dont understand DRM free digital media. Once its digital its like its invisible. A disc or a tape, is so easy to understand, you just HAVE it and it works.

My tapes from the 80s/90s just work when I put them in. Does a disc game or digital game from even 2018 do that? Likely not.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Does a disc game or digital game from even 2018 do that?

Yes. When it comes to Sony, any PS4 game (so from 2013 and on) will work on a PS4 or PS5 with a disc drive.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I meant for PC, sorry

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, with PC it varies. There can definitely be issues when you go back to games made for Windows 7 and earlier, for example. If a game is popular enough, it's almost guaranteed to have fan-made patches to work on modern hardware, at least.

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 0 points 3 days ago

Even without a game being popular, if you sort of know what you are doing, you can "patch" it yourself via relatively easy to use tools:

https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper

There is even a patch to enable 16 bit emulation support on x64 Windows (sometimes needed for installers or some weird Windows 3.1 game ports to Windows 95).