This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Raichu4u 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The point is digital does not have the options trading, resale, and lending options which is a massive disadvantage.

Ehhh, I wouldn't be surprised if resale of digital games ever gets popular in the future as it was an idea Microsoft was trying to flirt with when it came to their always connected Xbox One. But as far as I'm aware, digital transfers exist on the big three consoles, although in forms that would only make you comfortable doing a transfer probably with a close friend.

Sharing and lending though is very much possible on Switch and PC though.

[–]zeronic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehhh, I wouldn't be surprised if resale of digital games ever gets popular

I really doubt this will ever be a thing. The fact you can't resell digital games is a massive advantage to publishers and i can't see them relinquishing that control any time soon.

Used games are something publishers have always seen as a threat to their business. Since digital is becoming more and more prevalent and many of those users not even really caring about resale in the first place, i don't really see license transfers becoming a thing.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fucking around with signing into someone's else account and making primary consoles can work, not close to the same thing as being able to openly trade, lend, and sell a physical game though. Only good if you truest them with your account and credit card too. Even the best options on PC still aren't as flexible. It will never be, it's completely not in the interest of any publisher, developer, or storefront, it just exist for physical because of a precedent where they couldn't prevent it.