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GameStop Boss Says Disc Drives Should Be Required On Game Consoles (www.gamespot.com)
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"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)

Most? That's definitely not right. Every single game I bought up to the PS4 could be played without any downloads.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

    Every single game I bought up to the PS4 could be played without any downloads.

    But they still couldn't be played directly from the disk, which is part of the point of the comment you replied to. Every single game I have for PS3 requires it to be installed onto the console in order to play it.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    This is why I edited my last comment to say explicitly "played without any download" rather than "run from the disk", the comment I replied to was missing my point. I couldn't care less if the disk goes spinny or not, this is not about storage technology, it's about control over the games you buy. The point is owning games without being bound to online services, which a disk that can be installed directly does perfectly fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Unless it needs a day one patch, then you're SHIT OUTTA LUCK

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