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[Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what's your stance on Sony's decision to move away from printing disks? (lemmy.zip)
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I'll probably not be playing any soulslikes this weekend - don't have anything to play right now. However, we're at a friend's birthday today, and they're getting a physical copy of Bloodborne for PS4 from us. :)

Speaking of physical media: Sony have lost their minds. Sure, the move away from physical media has been ongoing for the past years, and it was very likely that Sony would not have offered a PS7 with a disk drive. However, to hear that they'll be outright stopping production of disks by early 2028 is such a gut punch. Sony already have a monopoly on console gaming pretty much, next to Nintendo maybe, so they can do whatever the fuck they want with their store. Physical games always left you the possibility of opting for a cheaper used or on-sale copy, though.

I have more or less abandoned console gaming around a year ago when I built my first PC ever, and I'm quite content with it. However, this is just another nail in the coffin for me to just not bother consoles or Sony specifically moving forward.

Like, all the soulslikes I've played on PS5 are on disk. DS 1-3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Lies of P etc etc. To think that moving forward people won't have that "luxury" (it hurts me so much to even call this a luxury) of playing a game whatever way they want is just so infuriating.

What's your stance on this? What's your split of digital to physical games? What about your soulslikes?

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[–] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hate this company more every day. Even if my game library is mostly digital now, I'd prefer having a physical copy for my favourite media, always. as it has been said before this is an anticonsumer move, coupled with the threat of account deletion after 3 years of inactivity. With the ai craze balloning the costs of PC components.... it's looking shitty ngl. Don't think I'll be moving to PC any time soon.

I'll be playing more Khazan later today. Hopefully!

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The account deletion bit actually seems to be compliant with EU digital privacy laws, so it's not as big a deal as many make it out be. This exists nowhere else in the world as a direct result of a 2018 law that says that users have a right for their data to not be stored indefinitely by companies. Complying with that, Sony deletes accounts that have not been used for extensive periods of times in order to not be sued for breaching EU law. Of course it sucks that they do, in theory, delete your game libraries if you don't log in within a certain timeframe, but there's not a lot they can do against this.

Awesome! How far have you gotten in Khazan by now?

[–] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's good to know, thanks for the info! I'm at the swamp I haven't really advanced much XD

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh yea, that was a little annoying but honestly pretty tame compared to FromSoft. The boss is pretty cool but difficult! Can you guess what it will be?

[–] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Usually I don't take pleasure on ending the life of an 8 legged creature... XD but I'll soldier on