And PC games have been digital for ages it feels. Still a loss, I usually wait half a year to two years before buying new games and can just pick up whatever I want for 20€ on disc without having to wait for the next PS Store sale, often even the version that includes all the DLCs and the remaster of the previous game. PS5 is probably my last console.
Steam kinda killed physical PC games 20 years ago.
And the Steam zealots will come and say, “Yeah, but but you can still buy games on other storefronts! So it’s not like this Sony thing at all!” OK, sure.
You need a DRM free installer (preferably with patches built-in) not physical.
Mind you, I am no Valve fan, they lean towards typical American oligarchical behaviour and they made a massive contribution to developing loot boxes. But in comparison to all other large American tech companies, they are not aggressively terrible, still nowhere near “great” though.
Depends on how long Nintendo plans to keep doing game key cards. They suck, but they’re better than having no way to transfer a game license at all. I suspect that the “Switch 3” won’t have any physical media at all, though.
Xbox and Nintendo are basically doing the same thing
And PC games have been digital for ages it feels. Still a loss, I usually wait half a year to two years before buying new games and can just pick up whatever I want for 20€ on disc without having to wait for the next PS Store sale, often even the version that includes all the DLCs and the remaster of the previous game. PS5 is probably my last console.
Steam kinda killed physical PC games 20 years ago.
And the Steam zealots will come and say, “Yeah, but but you can still buy games on other storefronts! So it’s not like this Sony thing at all!” OK, sure.
But Steam still helped kill physical games on PC.
But since PS is an open platform, you can preserve your digital games for it. Not always legally, but buying isn’t owning anyway.
Yeah, no game bought on Steam is owned, just licensed. It sucks. Have to go to other places to actually own it digitally.
Why do you need physical release on PC?
You need a DRM free installer (preferably with patches built-in) not physical.
Mind you, I am no Valve fan, they lean towards typical American oligarchical behaviour and they made a massive contribution to developing loot boxes. But in comparison to all other large American tech companies, they are not aggressively terrible, still nowhere near “great” though.
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Whilst I don’t agree with it, it’s hardly something new.
Depends on how long Nintendo plans to keep doing game key cards. They suck, but they’re better than having no way to transfer a game license at all. I suspect that the “Switch 3” won’t have any physical media at all, though.
How are Microsoft doing it?
Not really, as today Microsoft or Nintendo are not forcing anyone to drop disc in physical games, is up to the deloveper to do as they wish.