Technology

You're not wrong but I feel like getting rid of discs helps move things in the opposite direction. Yes it was licenses even with discs, but now we truly can't resell or trade.

Still in court IIRC

So it's gonna be a live service (online only) and die one day just like The Crew did?

The physical media should be a 500GB M.2 SSD containing the game. Plug and play haha

A disc with a licence on it is better than a single use download code.

You know Bluray disks can hold up to 100GB right?

Even if it requires a download, a license you can sell or trade is better than one you can't.

NFS most wanted was like 6 cds. Jokes on you I'm into that shit.

I'd imagine that the game would still be unplayable with physical media when it likely requires an Internet connection anyway.

No, Half-Life 2 came out as physical media. The controversy was that you had to have a Steam account to activate the copy. Which, when you think about it, is not a whole heck of a lot different than what's going on here. But Steam has basically institutionalized the use of a platform to access games rather than simply having a physical copy for yourself. Which is why I'm glad companies like GOG exists.

The major difference here is that this game is a console only game. And typically with major console releases you would be able to take your physical copy and put it on a different machine and play on that instead if you liked. Whereas you can't do that now. You download this game to your console and that is your copy. It is tied directly to your account. Which is essentially how steam works. Which is why I find it absolutely hilarious that Rockstar is locking out platforms like Steam because of their concerns over people hacking the game and distributing it.

I sincerely hope somebody finds a way to crack it in less than a year. These fucking companies need to get kicked in the balls a couple times.

That reminds me of my Microsoft account. I had to create a microsoft account for my windows VM (I need it because i develop crossplatform) and i called my account something along the lines of f4ckyoustup1dm1crosh1t.

@well_i_never_2004

Steam used to have a way of backing up installs yourself; if it’s still a thing, I have no idea where it’s hidden now.

Library -> Game context menu -> Manage -> Back up game files...

The game files are just directories you can archive however you want anyway. No stinky 'installer executables' necessary. (:

Almost all of my Nintendo games are physical. If I had a Playstation or an XBOX I'd go for physical copies as well. Why? Collector and resell value, also you can't just disable my physical game, you'd have to come by and physically take it away from me.

On PC, I care less about it. If Steam shuts down tomorrow, I download everything today and unlock it via Goldberg or just pirate it on demand. On console, I either can't do that at all or it is quite challenging to do so (with some exceptions).

Its a line, some people like to buy and own. Remember this moment when you spend the rest of your life renting your media.