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CosmicSex 19 hours ago
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xl-klaudkil said:
CosmicSex said:

No, they are selling you a license in just the same way that you buy a license on PSN.  Think like buying a Windows 11 from CD keys as opposed to Microsoft.   What you buy is a license key.  The retailer purchases the key at whole sale and resales it to you.  The retailer markup is usually 30% over wholesale so there is a lot of room for them to adjust prices while still making a profit.  

So the real question is if a license sale count as a game sale.  In every other conceivable case it does.   So it should count here.

WHat a waste of plastic it will be.

Millions of boxes in a code where once the code is used you can trow away the box,its useless.

Its still a monopoly btw you can Only redeem that at psn,no where else. Sony and third parties will 100% decide how much a game cost or goes on"sale" 

But since your defending them like crazy you must love it! 

Have fun! Don't come crying when you lose your games when they shutdown there store on there old hardware.

Have fun to all the kids who in 20years time want to play there old games,most will be gone.

Iam happy and fortunate to have lived in the golden age of gaming where it at least  seamed that publishers cared about the industry and its fans.

I pitty all who grows up in this digital only industry.

You didn't answer my question at all.  You just stated more untruths, warped the reality of the situation, and took personal digs at me.   You aren't trying to have a conversation with me.  You act like we are in competition with each other which is weird.  You claim that digital codes should be redeemable elsewhere which doesn't make any sense and doesn't work that way for any other platform.   Its not a monopoly because they are allowing retailers the chance to sell codes.  You have a predetermined way you want words to be understood even though they are conuter to their meaining. 

The only accurate thing you state is that there is a worry that digital good will be useless when a storefront closes which is real and not unique to any one platform at all.  Like imagine Spotify were to shut down?  Right now, there are no checkins for digital PlayStation games but the caveat is that the device can't have its CMOS reset.  But we can't just have rampent piracy of games on consoles either because developers deserve to be paid for their work.  Its a balancing act for sure. 

I don't pity myself at all.  That is your cross to bare.  I just want digital rights that extend beyond the actual closure of a store front.  This would require legislation I think because it applys to so many different companies and industries.