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twintail on 18 July 2026
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Conina said:
KManX89 said:

And adding ads in games and locking ads-free versions behind higher subscription tiers.

Which, to anybody who doesn’t lack reading comprehension, means charging you to skip ads. 

Why do I get the feeling all these people saying “I don’t care about Sony going digital only, I haven’t bought discs in years” will start caring once they see a “pay $X to skip ads” popup on their $1,000 PS6? 

Adding ads in games and locking ads-free versions behind higher subscription tiers could/would be the same for physical versions, wouldn't it.

Such forms of enshitification are not tied to the distribution method of the game data.
Even if played offline there could be some generic ads on the disc which are played instead of newer downloaded ads. 

honestly this is what makes all the fearmongering in this thread so ridiculous: none of the potential issues brought up would have to be exclusive to digital only games.