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Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony's move to digital-only sales: 'You won't have any choice at all' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 21 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Sony's decision to stop selling physical disks for its games

If Sony ends physical disk sales

PC Gamer, I know you know better.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    As a PC Gamer, I don't know what you mean. My guess is, that we are used to digital games? Well that is not even the biggest problem. The biggest problem with Sony ending physical disks is, that Sony would become the only market place on their systems. And have full control over everything, on a locked down system. That means no competing stores and prices, which will keep the prices high. On PC, we have an open platform and many stores. Even if its digital only, we still have more control and choice.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Correct. I mentioned this earlier when it was posted before, but we still have option of physical media for games on PC.

    I was at a convention last year where a solo developer was selling their game on USB sticks. No company demanding he go through their storefront so they get a cut!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Some storefronts are just there to sell you the game without DRM too. We have GOG and itchio in example. Or they sell the game on their website just letting your download the game, which would be like you got it on the USB stick or CD. And even for shops like Steam, they can sell the game on other platforms and websites a Steam game key to unlock it in Steam, without them paying ANY money to Steam! And all of that on top of what you mentioned with physical media being an option.

    The "only problem" is, that most publishers and developers don't do that.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

    My guess is, that we are used to digital games?

    I don't know why someone decided to say "correct" on my behalf, but no, it's baser than that: "disks" is the ellipsis for "hard disks" and "floppy disks". "Discs" is the correct terminology for an optical disc.

    The author already acknowledges what you did re: digital games.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I still don't understand what you mean by "PC Gamer, I know you know better.".

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    I mean that I know someone writing for PC Gamer (the outlet whose article this is) knows (or should know) the difference between those words.

    Edit: In case you didn't know, italicization is used to indicate (among other things) the name of an outlet. So for example, The New York Times, The Verge, and so on.

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