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End of an era? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think its because you can borrow a game from a friend. That was always the reasoning behind higher pricing of console titles. I wonder if borrowing a game between friends or buying second hand will be still a thing now.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    No, it won't be. That's literally the point. Publishers have viewed the second-hand market as craven scalpers for decades. Companies like GameStop make an absolute killing selling the same used disc 3 or 4 times at $65/ea than selling new for $70 once.

    Every few years there's a new and more aggressive push to limit what people can do or get with a trade-in. It's why pre-order "bonuses" have gotten to be such a big deal, why live-service games got such a huge push, and now why Sony is eliminating physical media. They think cutting the resellers out means they'll get more customers, not that less people will play their games.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Can you? With an age of always online shit, can you really give a friend your disk, and they will be able to play, or will it tell you that the game is already registered to an account?
    If it's still not the case for some games, it's not the lack of disks that finishes it.

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