Weirdly, things are kinda of reversed in this situation.

To address things in backwards, digital platforms have been a massive boon to smaller studios due to not having to front the cost for manufacturing. It allows them to take creative risks and reach broader audiences.

As for the comparison to the DVD and Blu-Ray market, things sort of happened slowly and more “naturally” in that case. The market died because streaming offered a significant value to customers so they moved away of their own accord. It was a slow process and it took years before the downsides became apparent.

With games, the platform holders and publishers haven’t bothered to offer any additional value for going digital, quite the opposite really. So the physical market has endured, and the resale market with it. Instead of learning any lessons or competing on value, they’ve decided to force the issue and just kill off the format itself.

One was a death, the other is an execution.

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.

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.

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.

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.

All the toilets in my dreams are broken or otherwise unusable. It’s deeply frustrating at the time, but I guess I should be thankful.

That they could let marketing act as legal and everything would shake out fine in the end because they’re so “cool”.

Honestly, it’s nice to see them fuck things up so badly they’re forced to drop the edgelord marketing bollocks.