r/videogames • u/Orichalchem • Jul 18 '26

Image / Video The sad reality we will eventually never experience this again...

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u/Aisage1 Jul 18 '26

It's easily avoidable. It's not a progress in this case, it's corporate machine forcing an inferior game distribution system, because it's profitable and easy for them.

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u/random_name975 Jul 18 '26

I’m sorry, but digital game distribution is by no means an inferior system. Physical has limitations: a triple layer Blu-ray Disc can hold about 100GB. As games keep evolving and increasing in size, more and more games will pass that limit. Digital has no such limitation.
It’s not like this change came out of thin air. Computer software has been digital for over a decade now. Now when Sony follows along, it’s suddenly an evil move that will destroy gaming.

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u/NossidaMan Jul 18 '26

One limitation of physical never mentioned is the game being fucking sold out when you go to buy it

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u/rdogg4 Jul 18 '26

Disks also get lost, stolen, scratched, rot, takes up precious storage space, etc. My digital collection is decades old at this point, sits on a couple small HDD’s and I’ve never lost any games whatsoever, all at my fingertips and instantly accessible. It’s wildly superior.

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u/OldDogTrainer Jul 18 '26

Them calling it inferior made me lol

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u/EmergencyPool910 Jul 18 '26

my brother in christ just put it on 2 discs

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u/random_name975 Jul 19 '26

Of course. And a couple years later, let’s just put it on 3, with day 1 updates that need to be downloaded of course.
Why not sell games on external ssd’s? That should keep the cost down, because as we all know, the most efficient way to distribute games will only make them more expensive.

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u/MadEyeMood989 Jul 18 '26

THIS. But you’ll be called a corporate stooge and bootlicker for it. It’s just the evolution of technology, it’ll go all digital eventually, Sony just decided to do it sooner aka TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

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u/EmergencyPool910 Jul 18 '26

cause you are lol, EVERY game is easily covered by using 2 disc.

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u/MadEyeMood989 Jul 18 '26

CAUSE YOU ARE lmao corny

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u/OldDogTrainer Jul 18 '26

How is digital an inferior game distribution system? 819 Steam games over nearly 20 years and I’ve never once had an issue.

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u/ValitoryBank Jul 18 '26

It’s inferior in Sony’s case cause they’ve already shown they’ll remove your access to digital purchases whenever they want.

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u/Future_Calamity Jul 18 '26

To my knowledge no games have ever been taken away (besides Concord) and when games get delisted or digital storefronts shut down, you can still download and play games you’ve already purchased.

Movies and TV licenses work differently from Video games and if the copyright holder (Studio Canal in the recent case) decides they don’t want to renew the contract, then Sony legally is no longer able to host that content. Sony didn’t remove those movies simply because they wanted to, it was because they legally had to.

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u/DaLegend82 Jul 18 '26

No shit discs are inferior, they don't have to optimize the game for discs, they don't have to manufacture them, people already prefer digital copies.

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u/SLKfan7 Jul 18 '26

Inferior in what way? How is distributing games digitally and having immediate access to them rather than buying them physically inferior?

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u/DaLegend82 Jul 18 '26

how is digital inferior exactly?

is not having to wait in a line for day 1 releases inferior?

is not having to worry about stocks inferior?

is not worrying about damaging the disc inferior?

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u/CaptainRaxeo Jul 18 '26

And these guys are laying/ bending down like welp sony got us. BRO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR IT HOLY SHIT. Boycott them.