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‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Media (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because I like to actually own the stuff I buy. I don’t want to purchase access to a product for the same price as buying it outright.

I’m also salty every time I see a digital game available for pre-order. Pre-order is to make sure you get one of a limited set of copies. There are unlimited digital copies. The only thing pre-ordering a digital game does is ensure upper management is less stressed about bug fixes and botched releases.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago

    Is that still possible with modern games? The last time I bought a physical game it came with a Steam key that locked it to my account. And that was 15 years ago. (Granted, it was Portal 2, so obviously it was on Steam. But I still couldn't give the disc to someone to let them play it.)

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