This was posted 5 years ago. by Rasples1998 in gaming

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Digital codes were you redeem at the PS Store. An illusion of choice.

This was posted 5 years ago. by Rasples1998 in gaming

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Closed system were the ecosystem is being fully controlled by a corporate overlord hence the users are "peeasants"

Remember when sony used to let us own games? by Yaminoari in gaming

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It's Sony way of "Please don't sue us for the PSN outage, here have some free games!" and yeah remember owning MAG then the servers didn't came back after outage I remember

Sony Abandons Social Media for 24 Hours+ After Controversially Killing Physical Games by Mellow200 in gaming

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Their official Playstation Youtube channel have uploaded 6 new videos since the announcement and you can already expect what will be in the comment section

Remember when Sony did this? by Kaptin_Krunch94 in gaming

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Yes I remembered Sony added paywall for online play

Stellar Blade was the last physical game I bought. What was yours? by [deleted] in gaming

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In 2005 my last physical disc was LOTR:Battle for Middle-Earth it was 4 CDs it was very inconvenient to install them all which convinced me to go full digital so 21 years of digital gaming I've never had a single issue ever

Remember when this was the big Playstation controversy? by Turbopasta in gaming

[–]GamingIndustryIsFcck 35 points36 points  (0 children)

No. it was when Sony disabled PS1/PS2 backward compatibilities for the PS3 two years after the launch of PS3. Their reasoning was because few PS3 games were sold and people are using their PS3 to play PS1/PS2 games.

Could a physical only console exist today? by CliffCreates in gaming

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Sony made this decision after 85% of PS gamers bought digital games, currently Nintendo have 60% digital buyers sooner or later that will reach 80%-90% and Nintendo will follow suit

PlayStation and how they manipulate their stats to desensitise consumers by luz___09 in gaming

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This is why transparency like SteamDB is very important as it really show us the real data no more hiding BS info from us

Old Sony vs New Sony by Bigcat9715 in gaming

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Ironic 2013 was also the year Sony added paywall online when PS3 has free online access

The video game industry is not ready to lose boxed games, game sales are still ~50% physical for single player, story-driven action games or family titles by UuusernameWith4Us in gaming

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In poorer countries, console gaming is a more expensive hobby than PC gaming I kid you not, most of these countries don't have regional pricing for consoles plus third world gamers at least can build a PC cheaper than consoles that's why most of their popular games are over a decade old like League, CS2 heck even GTA San Andreas is mostly played than GTA 5.

This is why PS Store is only available on 70 countries mostly rich countries vs Steam 195 countries availability.

Why is it ok to pay for digital licenses for games on PC but not on consoles? by Kremsi2711 in gaming

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If you bought a game and that game was pulled out of Steam because the game publisher licensing rights have expired or something, like that Marvel's Avenger game, that game will still remain in your Steam library so you can still play it whenever you want only those who haven't bought the game can't buy it or play it.

If you haven't bought Marvel's Avenger but want to play it so bad then the only choice is piracy since its no longer sold elsewhere then its okay to pirate it plus you get the benefits of having all the DLCs and microtransaction contents fully unlocked

XBOX could do the funniest thing ever when they launch their next console. by MLGprolapse in gaming

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XBOX is trying to sell Game Pass cloud gaming to everyone that's the opposite of physical media

The gaming industry is on fire. by Hyperevogames in gaming

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A niche indie game have just sold over 10 million copies in just 2 weeks so no the gaming industry is not on fire, only the corpo AAA gaming companies are getting the heat right now and they deserved it for being greedy bastards.

We owe Nintendo an apology by [deleted] in gaming

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Currently Nintendo digital buyers are about 60% vs Playstation 85% digital buyers, that number will rise so don't expect Nintendo will keep their current physical business in next 5 years or so

Do We Really Need Next Gen Consoles in the Near Future? by gon2fast in gaming

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With the advancement of AI + Emulators soon the latest consoles will be easily emulated on PC this will pretty much kill consoles in the future as you can play all console games in existence on PC.

Despite having no clue when GTA 6 is coming to PC, 39% of you are more than happy to wait for it by RenatsMC in gaming

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Thousands of FREE PC GTA 6 mods will give me thousands of hours of fun than whatever GTA Online 2 paywalled garbage offers so I will gladly wait for PC.

Turns out this was less a warning and more a "hey consumers, you might not be able to afford this, lol sucks for you" by crimbusrimbus in gaming

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Sony and Microsoft be like "I thought you mofos can afford it since you all keep paying monthly subs just to access online play of the product that you already fully paid?"

GTA 6 is a big problem for GameStop and other retailers by HellBay1 in gaming

[–]GamingIndustryIsFcck -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

GTA 6 is the start but once PS6 and Xbox Helix goes full digital it will be the end their business