Just don't buy it? Gaming console is a luxury product
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I know they won't, but Microsoft has the chance to do something hilarious right now.
They basically put all their eggs in the Gamepass basket, and Gamepass sure as hell wasn't physical discs. If it was, it would just be Blockbuster... which is actually kinda funny to think about.
They are taking ground step by step. We must push back.
How can you? They've done the numbers and have decided they can exist without customers who have to have physical discs. Physical media only makes up 25% of sales to begin with.
Simple, you buy competitors' products and you vote for policymakers that commit to regulatory policy.
I'm going to fight this by purchasing digital games on steam. That'll show 'em.
But seriously, this isn't an attack from Sony, it's a reaction. People are trending towards digital purchases on all platforms. If the PlayStation is irrelevant without physical games then they will die by their own sword. Prior to this plenty of people were denigrating consoles as overpriced locked down computers anyway, this hardly makes a difference.
They're expecting people to give in. It's easier to buy something digitally, but it sure as hell ain't better. They are counting on us shrugging our shoulders, throwing our hands up, but ultimately giving up and giving in.
Don't.
Rolls eyes. This is getting so boring. It's Sony. You don't need games. You certainly don't need their hardware.
I couldn't care less.
cool, dude.
Blah, blah, blah. So tired of hearing about this.
Nobody should be trusting Sony, disc or no disc.
Rootkit anyone?
Twice Linux promised and then removed with a bait and switch?
So Sony isn't going to have physical disks, so fucking what. Just other thing on the pile.
I think you'd agree with me that it matters enough to comment on.
Isn’t this one of the biggest things that tanked Xbox’s series x announcement? Like, they changed their minds but still lost good will and customers?
You might be thinking of the Xbox One. That reveal had a number of major unforced errors, but the killing of the used game market was the one everyone remembers because Sony REALLY nailed them to the cross with it.
Other hilarious fumbles include:
- The name.
- Forced inclusion of the Kinect, a mandatory $100 always-on camera and microphone in your living room, in the same year that the Snowden leaks happened.
- Underpowered DDR3 memory compared to the PS4's GDDR5.
- Unwavering, pathological obsession with using the Xbox as a TV set-top box, going so far as to showing The Price is Right on stage. For context for younger people, The Price is Right was your great grandmother's favorite show.
Actually, rewatching that video, this is basically where the Ball and Gun Gamer was born. Xbox really was forward thinking on this one specific thing...