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[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

So you think that they’re going to re-introduce disks and add a “phone home”?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm saying, not be cocksure in the ignorance of "That never happened before, surely it'll never happen in the future"

Because gaming companies have spent the past 15-20 years stripping away our rights and our ownership and our ability to play our games that we've paid for.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

But this is one we can be sure of, because discs are going away. That’s what started this whole thing. Discs aren’t going to start phoning home when they’re no longer even being manufactured.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is the second or third time that "discs are going away forever"

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Is it? When were the others, and were digital sales making up ~90% of all game sales at the time?