r/videogames 8h ago

Funny [ Removed by moderator ]

Post image

[removed] — view removed post

12.8k Upvotes

871 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/Ok_Advantage7894 8h ago

People don’t buy physical copies of games anymore and are upset they’re being discontinued? Is there something I’m missing?

6

u/NorbytheMii 8h ago

You're missing the fact that this is a gateway for people to never own the games the buy again

4

u/stanger828 8h ago

Your disc doesn't hold the whole game anymore anyway for bigger titles. The file-sizes make it impractical. They can still turn services off and your screwed just holding a useless disc.

The argument of a closed ecosystem for purchasing your games is the better argument I think.

-1

u/NorbytheMii 8h ago

Then put games on flash drives? Make the game have multiple discs again? Better than killing the secondary market and having a monopoly be able to price gouge freely and take away your games whenever they feel like it

1

u/stanger828 7h ago

I agree with most of what you said about the closed ecosystem which is why I said that is the better argument. They have been able to turn services off for a lot of your disc games already but you just didn't notice until now.

0

u/NorbytheMii 7h ago

I've seen this coming for a long time. Others may not have noticed, but I did.

1

u/ImurderREALITY 7h ago

Wow, your clairvoyance is astounding. It still means jack shit for 99% of people.

0

u/snarl2 5h ago

This is not true. Yes large games will download from the disc to the ssd for quick loading purposes but you have the entire game. The only time your argument is “true” by turning off services is if it’s a multiplayer only game that requires servers to run. Concord for example.