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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's even worse. All the people who defend the physical editions do it because when servers close, they can still play the game. A game key card is just a glorified digital release. When the servers close, you'll have a piece of plastic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

This is partly the case for any game that receives significant updates as well. Your disc/cart contains 1.0, but is that the version you will want to play 50 years from now when you can't download updates anymore?