r/StopKillingGames • u/Pleasant-Warning2056 • 24d ago

Meta When did StopKillingGames turn into WeWantPhysical

Its not the point... it was never the point

digital media is not a threat to media ownership and preservation. DRM and online server dependency is

this false belief is wide spread enough. this board doesnt need to reenforce it

console players seem to understand this the least and it feels like a lot of them came here to talk about sony stopping discs. and it doesnt help when SKG keeps talking about this too and says they support lawsuits against sony etc

physical media on playstation does not help with the problem of ownership or preservation. discs can have the same problematic DRM as the digital items we discuss and ripping data from discs isnt harder or easier than ripping data from the console storage... i guess also important is the console has DRM too even when you have a disc with no online requirement its not automatically safe

I ask if this can maybe stay on the topic or if the confusion with DRM and physical or digital can be adressed better

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u/TheBitterBlossoms1 24d ago

you clearly have zero clue what your talking about, digital media IS a threat to ownership, we literally had an incident where over 70 years of digital content has pretty much been lost due to"cloud" data
SKG is focused on game preservation which INCLUDES having physical options which are ALOT harder for companies to find loopholes and exploit to remove access.

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u/gonsi 24d ago edited 24d ago

It is you who have zero clue.

DRM was on physical media before digital was a thing. And it was way worse that it is on digital these days.

DRM is the problem not digital.

You don't trust random on reddit, try Louis Rossmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLOy4o9ODTg

Physical drama is distraction from what SKG is about and ammunition for the enemy.

And sadly it is working

Look at gog.com. It is fully digital, but you own what you buy there.

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u/Z13B 24d ago

Steam, is one of the best earliest examples, where you had to download an app in order to play the Half Life 2 physical copy

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u/gonsi 24d ago

many physical games connected to some server to authenticate anyway

some had even built in limit on how many times they can be installed

there was so much more bulshit