KingdomHeartsFan said:
Every computer can play DVDs I think and both consoles can play blu rays and DVDs so you'll be able to watch those forever :P, but converting that situation to gaming, say I had a huge collection of N64 games, but then my N64 broke. There are a few retro gaming stores around me where I could buy another N64, but if I live in a place where there are no retro gaming stores then I could order one online. What concerns me is games that have a required online feature where it is not even needed. Ex Destiny has no reason to require an online connection imo, you can't trade items between people, hell you can't even communicate with other people. It is not a mmo and it is perfectly playable alone, but the simple fact that people supported it even though it needed a online connection without it being needed and it being a huge success might mean other games will try doing the same. Ofc when the servers for any game like this go down it will be unplayable. |
As far as playing movies and music, what I meant is that the PLAYERS, even consoles, they're going to break down because they are mechanical. I only have one working DVD player now. I use to have 4 lol. My old VCR finally bit the dust and my PS2 is next (games are starting to freeze). That's what I'm trying to say here. Unless we all back our stuff up digitally, 30 years from now, we're not going to have any way of actually watching, playing or listening to our phyiscal media.
I agree with you about the online required games. If you want to see what it's going to be like, look no further than PSO for the first Xbox. It required an XBL account to play the game. You couldn't even play offline without one. Now that MS has shut down internet access for the original Xbox, unless you happen to have one WITH an old XBL account already there, the game is unplayable. Desitny, Titfanall... when those servers are gone, so too are those games.