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[Geometric-Crusher]

It seems Microsoft wants to completely get rid of physical media; in fact, they tried this with the Xbox Series S but kept a Blu-ray drive in the Series X.

I don't like losing my rights, and I think indignation needs to be shown now, or soon our hobby will become a real prison being sold as freedom. Digital is not preservation, digital is not preservation.

Boycott if you don't have the option of a physical media drive, boycott, whether it's the Sony PlayStation 6, the new Xbox, or some Nintendo Switch cartridges.

 

[HRK69]

 

[GoldenEye98]

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

I'm willing to trade physical games if Sony and Nintendo adopt better digital rights management for multiple systems. I should at least be able to authorize two systems to play games offline.

 

[saintjules]

Maybe physical media going kaput might be the main talk for generation 11.

 

[Topher]

Physical is the primary reason I have consoles now. I'll just stick with PS5 Pro until that dries up and then go 100% PC

 

[Three]

It seems Microsoft wants to completely get rid of physical media; in fact, they tried this with the Xbox Series S but kept a Blu-ray drive in the Series X.

I don't like losing my rights, and I think indignation needs to be shown now, or soon our hobby will become a real prison being sold as freedom. Digital is not preservation, digital is not preservation.

Boycott if you don't have the option of a physical media drive, boycott, whether it's the Sony PlayStation 6, the new Xbox, or some Nintendo Switch cartridges.

If you can do it then more power to you, but where will you go? There are no alternatives.

I think the PS6 will have a drive though.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

I should at least be able to authorize two systems to play games offline.

Account sharing shenanigans is why that is unlikely.

 

[MrAlwaysRight]

It seems Microsoft wants to completely get rid of physical media; in fact, they tried this with the Xbox Series S but kept a Blu-ray drive in the Series X.

I don't like losing my rights, and I think indignation needs to be shown now, or soon our hobby will become a real prison being sold as freedom. Digital is not preservation, digital is not preservation.

Boycott if you don't have the option of a physical media drive, boycott, whether it's the Sony PlayStation 6, the new Xbox, or some Nintendo Switch cartridges.

Yeah boycott consoles and go to PC which has been digital only for over a decade, that'll show em.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yeah, I am out if physical goes. I already have a PC.

 

[MisterXDTV]

PS6 is already confirmed to have a disc add-on like PS5 Slim/Pro, so you can relax

 

[Clear]

It seems Microsoft wants to completely get rid of physical media; in fact, they tried this with the Xbox Series S but kept a Blu-ray drive in the Series X.

I don't like losing my rights, and I think indignation needs to be shown now, or soon our hobby will become a real prison being sold as freedom. Digital is not preservation, digital is not preservation.

Boycott if you don't have the option of a physical media drive, boycott, whether it's the Sony PlayStation 6, the new Xbox, or some Nintendo Switch cartridges.

Yeah, go play on PC... Oh wait...

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I wont buy an all digital future on console, will just stick with my PC from that point forward

 

[Magic Carpet]

I've been all digital since the start of XBone and PS4.
Be warned that when the zombie apocalypse hits I will be raiding your library for something to play.

 

[Bernardougf]

Im out of physical media since most of the ps4 gen ... I really dont care

 

[Robochobo]

It seems Microsoft wants to completely get rid of physical media; in fact, they tried this with the Xbox Series S but kept a Blu-ray drive in the Series X.

I don't like losing my rights, and I think indignation needs to be shown now, or soon our hobby will become a real prison being sold as freedom. Digital is not preservation, digital is not preservation.

Boycott if you don't have the option of a physical media drive, boycott, whether it's the Sony PlayStation 6, the new Xbox, or some Nintendo Switch cartridges.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

PS6 is already confirmed to have a disc add-on like PS5 Slim/Pro, so you can relax

Dunno about confirmed but I do expect one.

I do expect them to milk it for all it's worth.

 

[Matt_Fox]

Boycott next gen consoles - you mean boycott gaming forever.

It's not like they'll suddenly decide to stick a disc drive on the PS7 in 2035.

 

[cireza]

Moved to 100% digital on Xbox, so this won't be a decision factor. I have other platforms where I am 100% physical.

Complain if you want lol, nobody cares. If 90% of the consumers have already moved to digital, I bet publishers will soon don't give a fuck about the 10% remaining that are harder to satisfy.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Dunno about confirmed but I do expect one.

I do expect them to milk it for all it's worth.

Henderson = confirmed

EXCLUSIVE - PlayStation 6 is Planned to Have a Detachable Disc Drive on Launch

Insider Gaming has learned that the PlayStation 6 is planned to have a detachable disc drive when the console launches.

insider-gaming.com

 

[ReyBrujo]

PS6 is already confirmed to have a disc add-on like PS5 Slim/Pro, so you can relax

Portable wouldn't be able to have it unless they go Nintendo way with a dock or something like that.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Portable wouldn't be able to have it unless they go Nintendo way with a dock or something like that.

He wasn't talking about handhelds I think

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

Didn't buy any this generation, and won't next either.

 

[Vick]

Physical is the primary reason I have consoles now. I'll just stick with PS5 Pro until that dries up and then go 100% PC

This.

Yes, OP. 100%.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

I want to own my game and lend it to whomever I want. Didn't we fight for this years ago? So what has changed? Nothing has changed, we don't want anything to change.

 

[Buggy Loop]

So you stop playing new games?

 

[Three]

Account sharing shenanigans is why that is unlikely.

On the PS3 we had up to 5 devices. Then the account sharing shenanigans lowered that.

 

[Vick]

Yeah boycott consoles and go to PC which has been digital only for over a decade, that'll show em.

If you can't own what you pay for, no reason to pay in the first place.

PC is known to be very flexible in this regard..

 

[ReyBrujo]

So you stop playing new games?

I've never owned a gaming PC (or technically speaking, I owned many powerful PCs but always used them for work), however if all consoles were tu become digital I would consider going PC for living room (with either ValporwareCube or a custom PC) instead of buying a console, especially is such console would be priced at over $1000.

 

[memoryman3]

All digital is fine, and better for preservation than physical discs. It's DRM that poses an issue

 

[Brakum]

I will boycott if it's not digital only. Not interested in paying for obsolete parts i have no interest in ever using

 

[xrnzaaas]

I won't be buying PS6 day1 if that happens, I will do it if the bluray will be available as a separate product (and in stock). Next Xbox is going to be all-digital for sure (regardless what it's going to be), so it won't end up on my shelf.

 

[adamsapple]

I will only boycott them if they're woke slop.

 

[Emmy Ator Best]

I will boycott if it's not digital only. Not interested in paying for obsolete parts i have no interest in ever using

so true

 

[dano1]

I'm all digital now anyway.
Well just go PC then ..

 

[Kacho]

Been all digital since 2013. Unimportant to me compared to price, features, games, etc.

 

[memoryman3]

BIG games that people care about often need mandatory internet connections for day one patches. So what's the problem there?

 

[neocycle]

Nah. I don't like physical.
Streaming-only will be a a much bigger problem.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Why would anyone buy a console if there are no physical media?! I might as well just switch to PC gaming.

The games are significantly cheaper there, too.

No disc drive, no purchase—simple as that.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Last time I bought physical the bald Asian man ended up being a they/them.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yeah boycott consoles and go to PC which has been digital only for over a decade, that'll show em.

There is a huge difference in how open PC infrastructure is and how many more options you have as a user in purchasing games (and software in general).

Consoles, especially PlayStation, are much much more restrictive.

 

[Mokus]

For sure. My digital library is on PC.

 

[NovaSe7en]

I've stopped buying physical since the PS4 (so doing this for 13 years now). Hasn't affected my experience in the slightest.

Maybe I was already conditioned as a PC gamer, but I really don't give a shit. I do sympathize with collectors though.

 

[corgiix3]

I will never stop gaming. But if consoles become digital only they better have GOD LIKE exclusives to keep me from going PC. Physical Media is the thing keeping me around mostly this gen so far

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

We need more digital customer rights, not more plastic waste in our homes.

 

[kevboard]

a digital only console ecosystem is a worthless investment.

at that point PC is objectively the better platform, as there you have multiple stores and you have easy ways to either obtain DRM free games or circumvent the DRM through hacks.

 

[Cumulus]

Physical and great (Sony)exclusives were the only reasons I kept a console around. That both pretty much ended with the ps5. Pc only from now on.

 

[acm2000]

bring back microsofts original vision for xbox one

 

[mdkirby]

I've owned 2 ps5's and a ps5 pro, all with disk drives. And none of them have ever been anywhere near a disk and never will.

I only got that there as the digital only was hard to get.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Physical and great (Sony)exclusives were the only reasons I kept a console around. That both pretty much ended with the ps5. Pc only from now on.

So you are ditching a digital platform to go to a platform that ditched physical 20 years ago....

Seems logical

LOL