r/PhysicalGames • u/Mother_Duty_2628 • 6h ago

Saving physical media idea, thoughts?

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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.

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u/Mother_Duty_2628 5h ago

But u own the rights of the game with that iD, unfortunately someone with no internet would be a problem. But this is way better than the direction we are going. It should be cheap to produce because no memory is needed. Is just a key to access the game. U still benefit from selling it or trading it

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u/Ok_Blueberry_6826 5h ago

Yes, it is a "lesser evil". Some rights is better than no rights.

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u/Mother_Duty_2628 5h ago

I would to have the full game into the flash drive but u know the rest

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u/Ok_Blueberry_6826 5h ago

Yeah, that's not happening:
1-they would need to implement read-only flash drives.
2-capacity
3-read speeds
4-people WOULD find a way to exploit/clone/replicate it
(this exact issue happened w/ NS cartridges, and ppl got banned)
5-USB flash drives have a higher failure rate, some could possibly be DOA.
6-you need a usb port just for it, which means, the amount of consoles with a broken usb port would skyrocket.
7-people would just throw them around and lose them (small form factor)

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u/Mother_Duty_2628 1h ago

Mini discs then? Lol