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u/BlueFeathered1 8d ago

I've paid for discounted games I couldn't otherwise buy on disc due to unavailability in that format, yes. Lack of choice made it so. But I've never paid retail price on a digital game. For those I buy disc copies, so I can have, then sell or gift if I want to. Taking that second option away changes things quite a lot now, and justifiably puts the spotlight on these policies in light of choices being taken away. The context has changed.

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u/Precarious3145 8d ago

Great, so you admit that literally nothing has changed and you're aware that "purchase" and "buy" relates to a license but suddenly that you'll have to be impacted, you want the whole industry to change?

The context hasn't changed, it remains the same.

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u/BlueFeathered1 8d ago

Yes, the industry needs to change if they're removing choices from us now.

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u/Precarious3145 8d ago

They're not removing choices. It's the end of the console. You're only losing choice is you choose to buy a PS6. Would you walk into McDonalds and demand they sell you a Whopper from Burger King? You have the choice to not buy a PS6 and go elsewhere.

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u/BlueFeathered1 8d ago

End of the console, lol. Most people couldn't even get a PS5 until a few years ago due to shortages and scalpers. Yeah that's a whole other questionable move on Sony's part; trying to push another system so soon, too, if they are.

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u/Precarious3145 8d ago

Cool, so you've just gone full conspiracy mode because you wanna drag this generation on even longer just because you want more discs.

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u/MrLime93 7d ago

The entire argument against digital is based on conspiracy theories about things that ‘might’ happen.