“The only way they’d be a threat is if people were so horny for them they abandoned all caution and reason-- ah.”

Who said anything about expecting games to last forever?

And in what possible way Is “Discs will ONLY last 30 years, so we should just get rid of them!” A sane thought to voice?

Is everyone on this platform off their fucking meds?

So people won’t shout at me online.

So the ground was both hot, and spicy.

Fair enough, sorry.

I had just finished reading the top voted response, which says Sony killing discs is about billionaires fucking children and may have misdirected my consternation toward you.

So, I assume you’re making the point that, instead of buying games I should just get a library card and borrow them for free?

Well for one, that’s not a service all libraries offer, but even if they did, you’re raising it in response to a discussion about physical media being phased out.

How is “just get a library card” gonna solve the problem when the libraries won’t have a disc for me to borrow?

Or you might just be making the point that games are dumb and we should just read books. Hard to tell.

Tells me to get a lawyer, then calls for the end of authoritarianism.

Check your carbon monoxide alarm, pal.

That… uh… what?

Do you not understand the “carrot and stick” metaphor?

You listed three times Nintendo used the “stick” then claimed they opted to use both, I assume in an attempt to sound clever.

Does everyone on this platform have long covid or something, because these replies are really worrying!

Anyway, yeah, Nintendo suck ass, well done.

I have no idea where you’re getting your info, or if you’re somehow misunderstanding me, but literally everything you just said is wrong.

It is 100% legal to resell any physical media you own in all of those territories. If I buy a game on a disc, I can then do whatever the hell I like with that disc, including sell it back to the place that sold it to me, who can then sell it to somebody else.

This isn’t a matter of opinion we can debate, it’s clearly settled law. If you disagree, you’re wrong. End of discussion.

As for the whole upvote/downvote thing, I think I understand what you mean now, but in doing so I care even less as I was simply adding a point of clarification which you’re focusing way too much on in order to debate the virtues of differing platforms, which is both boring and tiring.

You’re a very frustrating entity to deal with.

Goodbye.

I’m new to Lemmy, so I literally don’t understand your first point, but-

In some countries, resale laws exist to deter this. So this argument is kinda naught.

I don’t see how. The only resale laws that I can find in the US, UK, Eu or even Japan refer to prohibiting Digital Resales. Even in Japan, publishers haven’t been able to prohibit the reselling of physical games.

So no, the point stands; Publishers want to get rid of physical media in order to push people onto digital licenses, which are more restrictive and non-transferable.

I’m happy for anyone who gets one of these Steam Machine “killers” because if this suits their needs, they never wanted a Steam Machine in the first place.

It leaves more available for the people who actually want a Steam Machine because they know what it is.

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Just had a look and they’re still in business, although they were acquired by Embracer Group, so… Tick-tick.

But yeah, you’re right that even companies like that will go the way of the dodo if consoles abandon physical media.

I mean, that’s basically what Limited Run Games do.

“An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.”

Go eat some lettuce and have sex.

And I used to be like you, then an 11 year old ran me and my fellow monks over with a car.

Now I’m a bunny rabbit!

You sound uptight. You should chill out, maybe meditate.

I know knew some guys who could have helped with that.

I guess I forgot to think of how their wives and children must be feeling.

Attend the tale of Sweeny Tim,

His dick was small and his mind was dim.

I know they won’t, but Microsoft has the chance to do something hilarious right now.