• missingno@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Remember when XB1 was going to be digital-only and Sony roasted it so badly Microsoft had to walk it back?

    Sad thing is, I always figured this was going to be inevitable. I just didn’t think it would happen this soon.

    • GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Remember that while it was digital only, it had all the benefits of physical. It had digital re-selling and trading. It was groundbreaking and pro-consumer, yet luddites and Sony fanboys, along with the Sony favouring video game “journalists”, all piled on them because of stupidity and ignorance.

      This is what they get. Enjoy it.

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      That is why you need a strong competition. Unfortunately Sony doesn’t have one, so they can do whatever they want.

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      Microsoft has the chance to do the funniest thing.

      They won’t, of course. They’d rather shoot themselves in the foot than do something smart.

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        16 hours ago

        The next Xbox is a PC, it’s already 99% digital only.

        PlayStation players are already basically digital only, have been for years.

        The people complaining are the vocal extreme minority.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      I just didn’t think it would happen this soon.

      I hate to be the one to tell you this but…

      That was 13 years ago. That announcement is almost high school aged.