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Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I hate it as much as the next person here, but it was always inevitable. It was never a question of if, but when.

I know a lot of people look at physical media from a preservation angle, but in an era where games have a long tail of post-release updates and DLC, I'm not so sure they even serve that purpose anymore. If I want to replay my old games in 50 years, in many cases I probably don't just want to play the 1.0 that's on the disc. If I'm still dependent on the availability of a third-party download server to get the remaining data, do discs even still matter all that much?

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    physical media from a preservation angle... If I want to replay my old games in 50 years

    And don't forget bitrot. The modern bluerays are scarecrow and wind chime material in like 2-3 decades after manufacturing.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I’ve been downvoted en masse for saying that physical media doesn’t last forever, and that many of my PS1/2/3 physical copies no longer work due to labels peeling off and disc rot. It doesn’t happen apparently.

    Physical media isn’t what people should want - it’s emulation. Physical media only works as long as there’s original hardware to play it on, and it’s getting harder and harder to get working original hardware.

    I don’t care about playing the game on original hardware, I care about being able to play it on readily and easily available hardware.

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