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PlayStation discs will soon be gone!

Wtf #sony ?

The #playstation account announced in a blog post that they will stop making game discs altogether. http://play.st/4v86Wg3

This means :

- No buying second hand. Once the game is not sold anymore nobody can buy it
- Can not bring the game to someone's house and play together, now you need to log into your account
- Sony can, for any or no reason remove a game from your library
- If you paid extra for a PS5 with a disc drive, too bad, you can't use the drive you paid extra for with games beyond 2028!
- Overall, a very slippery slope for ownership.

@StopKillingGames 's post on the issue : https://mastodon.social/deck/@StopKillingGames/116846124104426804

@games

#gaming #stopkillinggames #games #preservation #digitalownership

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[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

unless the game is online only you can theoratically play it forever.

Most games still have Steam DRM either way and you still need Steam at the very least to unlock the DRM at least once before you can run it offline. The only saving grace here is that with PC, the option to crack it is a lot more viable.