“It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing,” says guy who makes money selling the thing.

  • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I mean, maybe disk drives are outdated, but being unable to buy used games or give your old game to a friend is garbage (but great for profits of the console manufacturers and game studios). Not to mention that as long as it’s a digital download, you don’t own the game - you lease it at a flat rate.

    Limiting the options and ownership rights of the consumer for profit is bad.

    • smeg@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      This sounds like a console user problem. PCs haven’t had disc drives for years and the games are far cheaper. Yes, there’s no second-hand market, but with steam sales, humble bundles, and all the freebies I post in !freegames@feddit.uk it’s not really become the corpo hellscape we feared.

      Also technically you don’t own games on disc either, it’s just much harder for the publisher to come round your house and snap your copy!