ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPhysical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consolesblog.playstation.comexternal-linkmessage-square265linkfedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1569arrow-down1external-linkPhysical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consolesblog.playstation.comampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square265linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareBorgDrone@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoAnd here I was thinking the point was to play games. Silly me.
minus-squareTORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoA prerequisite to playing games is having media to play them from, there are plenty of digital downloads that have been lost for good because of delisting. If a game can be taken away, it’s not my game
minus-squareBorgDrone@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 month agoI assume that by the time they are delisted you’ve already finished them? So why does it matter?
minus-squareTORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIs it inconceivable that I may want to play a game a second time?
minus-squareBorgDrone@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 month agoWhy would you play a game a second time when you could he playing a new game instead?
And here I was thinking the point was to play games. Silly me.
A prerequisite to playing games is having media to play them from, there are plenty of digital downloads that have been lost for good because of delisting. If a game can be taken away, it’s not my game
I assume that by the time they are delisted you’ve already finished them? So why does it matter?
Is it inconceivable that I may want to play a game a second time?
Why would you play a game a second time when you could he playing a new game instead?
Preservation…