PlayStation announced that they will stop making disks. People are rightfully mad about this, but it's not actually about physical media. It's about owning your games.

I made a new blog post giving my thoughts on PlayStation not making disks anymore, and the arguments around it.

I personally don’t think most people care about physically owning media (and some people even suggested PC should start going back to physical). It’s more about digitally owning your games.

    • definitemaybe@lemmy.caEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      Can’t you download the old update, though? I think that’s a thing, anyway. But maybe not in this case because…

      Music licensing is its own insanity, and game publishers are kinda screwed on those rules. Licenses in music only permit distribution for a certain timeframe, and digital downloads are considered distribution, so when their licenses expire, they can’t legally distribute anymore.

      And the RIAA are litigious assholes, so you’re gonna get sued if you don’t comply.