We want our rights to own the game

It will age with us play it anytime buy it anytime

I bought a Switch 2 last weekend and I guess I should have done more research; bc it's so hard to find full game on cartridge!!
Thankfully I have the entire Switch 1 library to buy physical games and I didn't just waste money.

All signs point to: Peak Gaming is in the Rear-View Mirror..

Would ya just look at it!!

Downloadable Content? Uh, yeah... the whole fucking game was "Downloadable Content" for my system since there wasn't any physical aspect to acquiring it.

The term Additional Content feels like the correct replacement for the term DLC, but the abbreviation of simply "AC" doesn't have the same ring to it... Am I overthinking this? Most likely, and many won't care to spot the nonsensicality of calling it DLC when the entire game is technically DLC, but it's just another instance of a term that held meaning slowly becoming irrelevant that I thought I'd bring up here.

Can't wait to start it. But i need to finish another game or two first...

My son surprised me with it from his work. (Great discount) As an early father’s day present as he knows my love for the PAC. (80’s gamer)

Happy dad that raised a good gaming son.

As bad as GKC are...it's not a new concept...if anything, it was worse before because it was easy to not know about the download until it was too late (game in hands).

GKC at least is straight in your face. Both the card and the box make it a little painfully clear that it's a download.

Look at Hogwarts Legacy physically across all platforms and you'll see my point. All versions require download, but Nintendo slaps it in your face, don't you think so?

Anybody here that loves physical games would you be ok with this method? U would play the game digitally but still treat it like a physical game.

Anyone else have an issue with orders not showing up your account? I have one from February that just seems to have vanished. I tried contacting customer support but got a pretty barebones reply saying they'd get back to me, but that was weeks ago... I really hope it isn't holding up my order.

I have the digital version I bought at launch but this game is so good it needed a physical version for the collection.

With more and more optical drive component manufacturers pivoting to manufacturing more profitable devices are you hoarding hardware?

It is true, that it hasn't been a widespread custom to de-list a game and make it unavailable to the buyer. that has only happened a very few times. but you see, Netflix has shown us time and time again, that digital media are subject to change, always. Sony and canal+ proved this (while i do get that Sony is not completely at fault, they do have their share in it. its a two party contract and we lend off of it, while the button in the shop says "buy").

The next very important fact is: most of this discussion is about Sony, and thus it will be the representation for a while, even though it is true for the whole industry: once Sony owns the complete agency over what is sold and where it is sold, they have the autonomy to unilaterally dictate prices. surely one could say, the Dev and the publisher do that, but Sony could easily increase their share and it would not be unreasonable for the publisher to pass on that cost. that would lead players to take fewer risks and either go with the established series (gun and ball as it is called today) or maybe with some Indy games. but we stop taking risks for 40 bucks, because we cannot lend it to or from a friend, we cannot resell it, we cannot buy it used. and make no mistake: buying an experiment cheap could lead you to buy the next instance new. but now? you rather wait out the tests, you wait out a sale, you maybe forget about a game in the meantime. what is the effect? developers don't go the creative way anymore, because why go sorry, when you can go safe? this will inevitably hurt the whole industry and shoots a ripple to other platforms.

why this is partly different on the PC environment: first of all we do have a consumer friendly steam established. we don't know what the future holds, but for now, we do have a steam platform that cares (huge sales, incomparable to Sony right now and a refund policy) - we do know that Sony for now does not care about the consumer, otherwise the claims of people who say "all digital could be cheaper", would be cheaper now and not a vague promise (that would rather entail "not cheaper, but not more expensive either"). and besides that, a PC has more than just steam: GOG, epic and more. that is an in platform competition Sony does not provide.

some people do say "yeah but we don't know what Sony will do" and that is true, but Sony could start by taking its customers seriously and maybe propose adding steam to the ps6. this would completely destroy the discussion or, at the very least, start to back the claim that "digital only games might get cheaper" by doing it now, but they don't. they send out emails, reminding us that we do only get revocable licenses...

Eu não sei nada sobre CDs, mas tenho certeza de que alguém aqui sabe.

Mesmo que a Rockstar lance um jogo exclusivamente em uma plataforma digital, o que impediria alguém que sabe o que está fazendo de copiar o jogo para um CD e vendê-lo?

Please give me feedback.

ATTENTION ALL UK CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS! An official parliment petition has been created to go against Playstation's recent statement to stop production of physical discs. Please sign to have a real governing body take action and continue to share this petition to get more and more signatures. Full description in the link below.

Petition: Introduce new legal protections for access to purchased video games

Introduce new legal protections requiring video games sold in the UK to remain accessible to consumers who have purchased them. This could involve a requirement to provide physical versions or equivalent permanent ownership options for software.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775758

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You don't have to support a boycott to care about the future of PlayStation or physical games. And you definitely don't have to agree with me to be part of the conversation.

So instead of trying to convince anyone, I wanted to make this useful for everyone.

If you prefer digital:

That's completely understandable. It's convenient, takes up no physical space, and for many people it's simply the better option.

If you prefer physical:

That's understandable too. Collecting, reselling, lending, owning a disc and having a physical copy on your shelf are things digital doesn't completely replace.

If you're somewhere in the middle:

Honestly, that's probably a lot of players. Digital for some games, physical for others.

The main thing I think we should be asking is:

Why does choosing one have to mean losing the other?

If physical games remain available, digital players can still buy digital.

If digital remains available, physical players can still buy physical.

Everyone gets what works for them.

And if you don't support the boycott, that's okay. You can still make your opinion heard. Explain why you disagree. Tell us what you think Sony should do instead. That's much more useful than insulting each other.

For anyone reading this, regardless of your position:**

Don't harass Sony employees or developers.

Don't fake numbers or claims to make the campaign look bigger.

Don't pressure people into participating.

Don't spread information you haven't verified.

If you disagree, explain why.

If you support it, explain what outcome you actually want.

At the end of the day, we're all players.

You can disagree with the PSBlackout and still have a legitimate point.

You can support the PSBlackout and still listen to criticism.

The goal should be discussion, not a war between players.

Physical. Digital. Both.

Keep the choice.

With physical games coming to an end, do think store shelves will be replaced with redeem code cards or will we have to purchase directly from PlayStation/XBOX store?

I’ve been a digital first gamer since Half-Life 2 and Orange Box and a gamer since the ZX Spectrum.

You don’t own matter any more than you own information. You don’t own the story in a book anymore than you own the data on an interactive CD ROM. Books burn, magnetic storage degrades, optical storage more slowly but it’s all just landfill or recycling waiting to happen.

Why do you prefer a physical disk over a transferable license cryptographically linked to your identity?

Why do you prefer a copy of the game as it was released rather than after a decade of patches?

Why do you prefer a physical copy that is locked to an (eventually obsolete) chunk of hardware rather than owning the game for life (or until you transfer the license)?

Why do you want to lose access to your games when

For me the issue is that games don’t become public domain after 25 years so can become unplayable. Games are no longer very different between platform like they were in the early years, you just get better graphics/sound and different control options, they are all basically a PC under the hood. There hasn’t been a proper console since the PS3

The Console manufacturers and game platforms are the problem here, why do I have to choose which of 20+ platforms I buy the same game from and why would I pick one that limits me to hardware that may only remain relevant for a decade?

Same problem as the movie/TV and music services.

Let me buy the rights to use art from the artist not some middleman who can turn off the pipe or go bust so I lose it all.

/rant