• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    Now also make it illegal to sell physical copies of games that need day 0 patches/downloads to make them work.

    I still kick on my original nes every now and then. 20 years from now when you dig out your old copy of borderlands 3 and there’s no longer a download available, you think you’ll get to play through the game?

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      11 months ago

      This is why his videos about this issue are great, he dismantles every single argument against it like “just buy physical”, The Crew has physical versions, they won’t work just like the digital one.

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      11 months ago

      Now also make it illegal to sell physical copies of games that need day 0 patches/downloads to make them work.

      “Sorry customers, we’re no longer selling physical releases. Court mandated that, our hands are tied.”

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      11 months ago

      True. Though there really are NES games that should’ve received a patch if that were possible.

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      11 months ago

      . 20 years from now when you dig out your old copy of borderlands 3 and there’s no longer a download available, you think you’ll get to play through the game?

      Yes, games often come with bugs, but a game that comes out unplayable or unbeatable on disk is extremely rare.

      This is, of course, discounting the fact that as part of community preservation efforts, updates are preserved along with the games.