PlayStation made the first move, and Xbox is expected to follow suit. In January 2028, Sony will stop producing physical discs for games on its consoles.…
Not sure it’s really antitrust in this case. Disc drives in general have pretty much fallen completely out of use in most applications. Laptop and desktops haven’t included them in years, and music, movie, and tv show physical sales have fallen off a cliff.
And yet, I still won’t buy a console without a drive. MS and Sony can fuck off if they think I’ll buy a console from them without a disc drive. I’d much sooner buy from Gabe, who is a DRM whore, but at least has open hardware
I don’t use steam, but I did a quick search and I don’t see many articles of them removing a game you’ve paid for from your library without giving you a refund. Even then you can add games not paid for on steam, into steam so I’m not sure your point. You can add a disk game into steam.
Yup, the lesser of three evils though. I probably won’t buy any of the next gen at this stage though. Can’t see any game on the horizon being worth an upgrade
Not sure it’s really antitrust in this case. Disc drives in general have pretty much fallen completely out of use in most applications. Laptop and desktops haven’t included them in years, and music, movie, and tv show physical sales have fallen off a cliff.
And yet, I still won’t buy a console without a drive. MS and Sony can fuck off if they think I’ll buy a console from them without a disc drive. I’d much sooner buy from Gabe, who is a DRM whore, but at least has open hardware
I mean… Steam drm is like hiding a car behind a wet paper towel.
The thing that’s annoying is that it’s still licensing the game and not selling it to you.
And also has no discs.
https://www.polygon.com/23882080/steam-deck-dvd-player-external-vlc/
I don’t use steam, but I did a quick search and I don’t see many articles of them removing a game you’ve paid for from your library without giving you a refund. Even then you can add games not paid for on steam, into steam so I’m not sure your point. You can add a disk game into steam.
Yup, the lesser of three evils though. I probably won’t buy any of the next gen at this stage though. Can’t see any game on the horizon being worth an upgrade
Mass Effect 5 though…