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| Burek said: That comparison makes no sense. Car modifications are not illegal because of IP and copyrights from manufacturers, but because of laws made by a country, in which they find certain mods a matter of public safety. (as can clearly be seen from the link you yourself provided). And true, nobody will come after your physical copy of a game, but they can certainly render it useless in parts or as a whole by shutting down services used to play parts of the game. As I said before, I really don't mind or care if people prefer discs, but outside a very small minority of collectors of games and consoles. It seems that console owners (percentage-wise) are the last remaining disc luddites, desperately clinging to outdated technology to have a sense of relevance. Most used reason is playing games 10-20 years from now....as if those games will not still be available. It's as if I wanted to watch Gone with the Wind, I need a movie theater projector and a stack if film reels. Or if I wanted to listen to CCR I needed an 8-track player. Guess what, I can still watch old movies and listen to old music without need for ancient technology --- it's all right there, one download away... |
Neither does yours. Does every game get a remaster each generation, far from it. Not all movies do either. Plus that outdated technology still provides the best quality, most extras, and most sound/subtitle/version options for watching movies. I can't download a 40GB game, neither can I download the 15 disc extended cut special edittion Lotr box set.
Yes multiplayer servers can be shut down, doesn't effect local play. Always online games are a different matter.
Remasters and emulators aren't always better. See the Flashback remake, or the whole Star wars controversy.
