Games

I think we're at the point where this hardly matters.

• Make backups? No, they've been encrypted for decades.
• Slot in a game so you don't have to juggle the internal limited storage? No, you have to copy disc contents to storage anyway.
• Use disc data to avoid needing to download on slow internet? No, already made meaningless by enormous day 1 patches.
• Keep access to media when accounts may be banned and digital titles may be revoked? No, the always-online games can be deactivated whenever the publisher wants. There's no reason to expect them to permit your console to play disallowed offline games either. "Age assurance" is going to come for games, and if your account doesn't have the flag, your 18+ disc won't work.

It's sad for discs to be discontinued, but it's just formalising what's already true.

I guess what they intend with this move is to kill the second-hand games market. The absolute bastards.

So PS6 is in 2028 and will not come with a physical drive reader so they can cut off access to anything at anytime for whatever reason. Also you need to show your government issued ID which will totally never be used to lock down your media or surveillance your activities.

I feel like consoles are gonna face problems when products like Steam Machine become more available and cheaper. Ignoring the crazy hardware prices right now, I would gladly pay $100 more for reasonably worse performance if it means the console, which has the potential to be a full fledged computer, is arbitrarily locked to essentially become a machine that milks me for Sony Entertainment Ltd.

I can't listen to music on my PS5 because I don't want to use spotify. It has no browser, cannot copy saved games etc. Something like Steam Machine on the other hand lets you mod your games, has access to multiple storefronts including DRM free ones.

They just pulled 500+ movies users had purchased from their libraries.

They are also shutting down ps3 and vita stores next year, downloads will not work after that. I would definitely not be buying a new console unless it was hacked/has cfw.

I'm honestly surprised they're still make them as we speak. Physical media's been dead for a decade...

Plus, this is pure capitalism. Why would they bother spending more when they can instead keep more?

Ah yes, I cannot wait until everything in gaming is license based and cloud based. You will subscribe and download every publisher's launcher, peon. You will buy a game and accept the fact that the publisher can just revoke it out of your library at any time. You will pay $1,000 for a console that won't let you play games you bought from the previous console.

there's genuinely a lot of sales in third world countries for people that consider resale value essential and/or have bad internet connection. fuck them i guess?? small markets dominated by PC and console piracy are not profitable i suppose

You will own nothing and will like it.

Rip second hand market you will be missed

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If buying something isn't owning it then piracy isn't stealing

Not like I have money for latest consoles but man that hurts still.

That makes the decision to get the next Playstation REALLY easy.

I havent cared about consoles in a long time (PC only gamer ) but I feel for the people who enjoy playing on consoles since the future over there looks kinda shitty.

So what happens to the $100 more expensive version of their console to enable reading physical games?

I remember when Sony made a big show of keeping physical discs for the PS4 at E3 a decade ago. Guess we're not getting a big presentation on stage for this one

fuck yeah i'm excited

said no one ever

lol I’m just going to assume that the people I’m seeing online taking the contrarian position are bots because what else can you do

Doesn’t PlayStation still delete some of the games digital games they’ve had in the past, rendering your purchases completely useless? I remember this happening with a couple of my ps4 games I bought as a teen and can only imagine that it has gotten worse

I don’t know why I’m pretending to be shocked, I genuinely feel like the average person just doesn’t understand this and the average console gamer just continues to fall in line as they complain about the newest edition of 2K being the same as the last ten of whatever

console gaming is brainrot