“It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing,” says guy who makes money selling the thing.

  • Sina@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    In the current climate where it takes 30 patches and a year for a new release to become playable, discs are not very useful…

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      1 year ago

      ??

      Of course they are. Because - you can buy the fucking things second hand or lend them to people!

  • BigTrout75@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I kept hoping that Sony would do a last hurrah with discs and make a console that plays them all. But with discs being pretty much antiquated at this point, I don’t think it’s going to happen.

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      1 year ago

      Sony management didn’t even see a point to backwards compatibility until recently and still can’t be bothered to figure out PS3 emulation. It’s easily the console’s greatest flaw imo.