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I've been thinking about this since the announcement from Sony. I see alot of friends complaining when I fully know they have massive steam libraries and no optical drives.
And I think it comes down too we have Steam. Steam is run by Valve a non public company with no shareholders. And Valve not only says but does. They keep things open and accessible. Game removed from Steam, that's file you can still download it and play. Things like GoG where you can get an offline installer. And we can pirate probably fits in There some where
But console you only have the maker and not a single one can be trusted. Sony removed movies and TV shows a couple times at this point.
And if you try to modify your console, they'll fuck your shit up.
Movie licensing is legally different to running a game platform. Are there any examples of games being removed from people's libraries?
PT immediately comes to mind.
There have been others that I don't remember the names of offhand.