That's why you write the duress pin on a note and "hide" it poorly inside the phone case.

It's always worth checking https://www.doesitplay.org/ if you have concerns like this. It also helps you ensure that your copy remains playable when they shut off the servers some day.

For example Modern Warfare 3 looks like one of the worst offenders with not being playable from disc.

Consoles had a few things going for it, making them appealing over PC:

• More affordable up-front than PC
• Easy to use for tech-averse users
• Tangible sense of ownership

As always though, business execs find a way to ignore common sense and strip out the appeal of anything in existence.

The first point needs no explanation. Most consoles today are quickly approaching the price level for a mid-range PC and have already surpassed the more budget or used models.

As for ease of use, consoles are more and more like PCs today. It's more or less mandatory on console to take part in scary things such as setting up accounts with 2FA, installing security updates, and worry about account bans when younger siblings/kids borrow the system.

Having physical media meant you could always go back and play something given there was a system to play it on. Going all-digital on console is a dead end compared to on PC. Most of your digital games on PC will follow you onto every new PC you get for years and years to come (although those may be revoked also). Once you replace a console with the next gen thing, your library is barren again. Sure, you can keep your previous gen console around but it seems for every generation the units fail sooner and sooner. I bet in 10 years there won't be a single functioning PS5 around that hasn't seen major repairs.

Nintendo decided to boil the frog slowly, the frog being physical media, by making game key cards which can conveniently be disabled when they start competing with remakes and whatnot in the future.

There are already more games released than one can ever dream of playing in a lifetime. Indie developers also release groundbreaking new stuff left and right that will run on ancient PCs, Steam Decks, and older Switch models.

• Hang on to your older consoles and check Gamestop for the titles you missed the last gen, you might find them cheap.
• Get a cheap emulation handheld or jailbreak your old PSP or DS to unlock thousands of genre-defining titles for games coming out today.
• Affordable adapters let you use your fancy 8Bitdo controllers and whatnot on your PS4 with stick drift or otherwise dead controllers.

I literally cannot get FOMO for the new stuff because there are so many options. Battlefield 6 comes with a rootkit? No problem, I just won't play it. New Capcom game is too expensive? I'm sure I can get a similar fix elsewhere or wait 6 years for a steep discount.

Every time a game company/dev does something questionable like price-gouging aging hardware, introduce digital download-only games on cartridges, make a racist tweet, or revoke games from digital libraries, it helps me strike a bunch of stuff off of my backlog. That gives me more time to play what is left on the list and maybe even to touch grass.

Probably referring to the ecosystem. Most game-launchers and stores on PC (except GOG) constantly do the same kind of license checks we're currently dragging Sony for before letting us launch games, we kinda just don't feel it because our PCs are online most of the time.

The current story they're talking about is a 30 day temporary license from point of purchase of a digital game. Supposedly after the refund window has lapsed, the license renews to a permanent license. If the temporary license expires whilst the console is offline or PSN is offline the game won't run. Supposedly it's to prevent people from buying games, taking the console offline, and refunding. In theory it should work like before after the 14 to 30 days.

My scenario is a bit different. None of my digital games will run after dusting off my PS4 and hooking it up. The Internet says it's because it's not my primary console, but I can't make it primary without updating it. That would burn a perfectly good, exploitable firmware that's currently running. I believe there is a homebrew hack for making it primary again without updating, but I'll have to look into it once it's jailbroken.

Looks like I'll have to jailbreak my PS4 and keep it offline to keep access to the stuff I bought and paid for.

Wouldn't/shouldn't investors see huge layoffs like this as a sign that the company isn't doing too hot? In a logical world the stock price should be plummeting right now... Oh they're down 25 % so far this year, so maybe it is.

Neat. Would have been my first choice if I knew.

Wait, Hetzner is also a domain registrar?

I used OVH cloud and found it all right.

"But the car was in manual mode during the crash"