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Intrinsic said: And for those that own the discless sku (and even for those with the bundled external drive sku), all the games they had previously downloaded last gen will still be accessible and downloadable to them, and for the games they bought physically, if they have any trophy data on it that could pass as some form of authentication that they own the game and allow them download it at no extra charge. They could have a site that allows you use your phone to scan the bar code of the game and use that to authenticate your copy. |
This basically is what i was getting at. Something like this where the old physical game can be verified once and open to download at any time. This also solves the huge mass storage issue. This authentication would have to be a one time deal though however it was done. Having to do this everytime you want to play an old physical game would suck for those who buy a next gen optical discless console. I just have a hard time seeing this happening without some kind of cost since you can take all those old physical games and sell them with your last gen console afterwards. Unless there is some way for PS/XB to block that physical copy forever once you've transfered it over to digital.
My concern wasn't with the optional optical disc drive and scenario's you presented really. More the issue that would arise if PS/XB didn't allow you to somehow transfer the physical copy to digital once and for all. That would make an optional optical disc drive a problem for people going from physical last gen to digital next gen. You would have to buy the optical drive anyway or forget about your old physical games entirely/re-purchase them.
