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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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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

In the current climate where it takes 30 patches and a year for a new release to become playable, discs are not very useful..

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    ??

    Of course they are. Because - you can buy the fucking things second hand or lend them to people!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Sure, but it's really weird that we are relying and want to rely on disks to be the license basically, because the data storage part is quite useless, at least when your connection is faster than your blue-ray drive. (plus you can directly download the patched game)

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