realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drivewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareIcePee@lemmy.beru.colinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis is yet another nail in the coffin of physical media. Or, in other words games you actually own instead of long term lease.
minus-squaresanpo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not like physical media makes any difference anyway these days. Actual disk often gets just a glorified installer, and even if it includes the entire game you’re likely to have to activate it online anyway. The “own your games” ship has sailed long ago, unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups Going to have to plug GOG here as these are both things they offer. I try to buy games there instead of Steam, purely for this reason.
This is yet another nail in the coffin of physical media. Or, in other words games you actually own instead of long term lease.
It’s not like physical media makes any difference anyway these days.
Actual disk often gets just a glorified installer, and even if it includes the entire game you’re likely to have to activate it online anyway.
The “own your games” ship has sailed long ago, unless you only buy no-DRM and your own backups.
Going to have to plug GOG here as these are both things they offer. I try to buy games there instead of Steam, purely for this reason.