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The backlash against Sony ditching PlayStation discs is not letting up
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cat_fishing feddit.online cat_fishing@feddit.online
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Sony's decision to stop producing physical discs from 2028 has had gamers up in arms and brands trolling — and it's only getting messier.

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-01-25
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Talk about ownership. Digital games should be .iso or .mkv that have as much freedom as a disc. They should not be tied to any account. They should not expire. They should be transferable from the console to any media. There should be no network connection "dongle" in order to play a game or for the game to be able to run. And that should be the minimum requirement legal for a company be able to be digital only.

I'm not a gamer but I would think no sane person with human integrity would settle for less than what I said above. The same goes for music and movies and all digital product.

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Chee_Koala lemmy.world Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-11
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Talk about ownership. Digital games should be .iso or .mkv that have as much freedom as a disc. They should not be tied to any account. They should not expire. They should be transferable from the console to any media. There should be no network connection "dongle" in order to play a game or for the game to be able to run. And that should be the minimum requirement legal for a company be able t...

How did we even get to this point ☹️

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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How did we even get to this point ☹️

Psychological marketing and profit chasing.

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HobbitFoot thelemmy.club HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2023-06-16
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How did we even get to this point ☹️

The other options were easy enough to be acceptable to consumers.

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zod000 lemmy.dbzer0.com zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-12
#6 · Quote Reply

Good. Fuck em.

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Knubo lemmy.world Knubo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-28
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Talk about ownership. Digital games should be .iso or .mkv that have as much freedom as a disc. They should not be tied to any account. They should not expire. They should be transferable from the console to any media. There should be no network connection "dongle" in order to play a game or for the game to be able to run. And that should be the minimum requirement legal for a company be able t...

Or there should be a mandatory for the seller for you to have the option to sell it. Through their platform or some other transfer of ownership. This needs to become legislation.

If you have paid for it, you own it.

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zikzak025 lemmy.world zikzak025@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-24
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They deserve to be memed as hard as Xbox was over the Xbox One fiasco.

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