The common argument is “offline backup” but it wasn’t until I got a PS4 that I discovered the data on the CD is copied to the HDD and it is then played from there. If a publisher wanted to disallow anyone from playing a game, what’s stopping them from convincing Sony to release an update that bars you from playing the installed game? It could be like
>to play this game, please update to the latest firmware >we apologise, Tencent has recalled this software and it’s no longer functional on this firmware, please refer to our terms and conditions.
It could be exactly like “licence to use” now instead of you “owning” the game to play. I love physical media but it’s not like the PS2 where Sony literally can’t stop me from playing a game I bought by updating the PS2’s bios
Pressed optical media is more durable than hard drives. >what’s stopping them from convincing Sony to release an update that bars you from playing the installed game? They could do that but has it ever happened with vidya?
Paying for physical media is saying “I wish to own this item”. Paying for digital is saying “I wish to borrow this item but for the same price as the gentlemen who is owning his”. It’s not a hard concept to grasp and anyone who supports digital is asking for companies to have more control over the consumers purchase. Fuck that.
Levi Parker
Why would you want to run a game from disc? That's retarded when hard drive speeds are faster than Blu-ray speeds.
Landon Moore
The PS4 literally can’t play games off a blu ray. It copies it to the HDD and then plays it
Logan Nguyen
You can play it without access to the internet. You can sell it. You can lend it to your friends, but they better not fuck it up, these motherfuckers. You can store it for extended periods of time. You can make illegals backup of it.
Easton Davis
Just have every installer pirated and saved in a external 1t HD fuck is not even that difficult
Elijah Gutierrez
A good half of the game code is on the Day 1 patch. Physical is literally worthless.
