stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Gaming@beehaw.org · 10 months agoGameStop Boss Says Disc Drives Should Be Required On Game Consoleswww.gamespot.comexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1281arrow-down1external-linkGameStop Boss Says Disc Drives Should Be Required On Game Consoleswww.gamespot.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Gaming@beehaw.org · 10 months agomessage-square153fedilinkfile-text
“It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing,” says guy who makes money selling the thing.
minus-squareInvertedParallaxlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 months agoIf they’re purely digital and drmed you can’t back them up.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·10 months agoThe DRM is the key part of that. So the answer is DRM-free, not physical media. Especially since all games get patched these days.
minus-squareampersandrew@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·10 months agoYou can’t buy all games on disc either. Also, not every game on Steam has DRM.
minus-squareFreeman@lemmy.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoI have backups of my PS4, with games downloaded from the PS store that say different. Heck any Playstation disc games tries multiple times to get you to save it to the HDD.
If they’re purely digital and drmed you can’t back them up.
The DRM is the key part of that. So the answer is DRM-free, not physical media. Especially since all games get patched these days.
You can’t buy all games at GOG.
You can’t buy all games on disc either. Also, not every game on Steam has DRM.
I have backups of my PS4, with games downloaded from the PS store that say different.
Heck any Playstation disc games tries multiple times to get you to save it to the HDD.