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NATO on 13 June 2017
Teeqoz said:
RJ_Sizzle said:

Don't the games have to be downloaded though? It doesn't play them from the disc, right?

What does that matter? The OP says the problem is that you have to repurchase the game digitally, but you don't. You can use your physical copy, scan it, and you get a free digital copy. What does it matter if it's played from the disc or from the hard drive (which all games on both the PS4 and XBO are anyway), as long as you can still use your physical copy to get access to it?

Because if it isn't reading the data from the disk, then the disk is just a license check and not physical compatibility.

No different from downloading a rom and playing it on an emulator because you have the original cart for that rom sat next to you on your desk - you aren't playing the actual cartidge you're just using ownership of it, to justify emulating.



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AlfredoTurkey on 13 June 2017

It originally died out because of greed. Now, it's just dying out because our collective tolerance for quality is dying. People are accepting more and more BS every year and these companies are more than happy to keep exploiting them. It's never going to end until the consumer demands it.



Vor on 13 June 2017
Teeqoz said:
RJ_Sizzle said:

Don't the games have to be downloaded though? It doesn't play them from the disc, right?

What does that matter? The OP says the problem is that you have to repurchase the game digitally, but you don't. You can use your physical copy, scan it, and you get a free digital copy. What does it matter if it's played from the disc or from the hard drive (which all games on both the PS4 and XBO are anyway), as long as you can still use your physical copy to get access to it?

Because it's no different from emulation. MS just using the "official" way to do it, unlike using it on emulator. Besides software based emulation is different from physical BC.



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RJ_Sizzle on 13 June 2017
Teeqoz said:
RJ_Sizzle said:

Don't the games have to be downloaded though? It doesn't play them from the disc, right?

What does that matter? The OP says the problem is that you have to repurchase the game digitally, but you don't. You can use your physical copy, scan it, and you get a free digital copy. What does it matter if it's played from the disc or from the hard drive (which all games on both the PS4 and XBO are anyway), as long as you can still use your physical copy to get access to it?

Can you really call it physical b/c when your disc is really just a key? Maybe I'm just picking nits here. True b/c was when you put a disc in the system, and it was good to go. It didn't need a disc in hopes to fish a copy you hope had been emulated. I see the OP's point. B/C in the traditional sense seems to have died with Nintendo.



vivster on 13 June 2017

Dunno what you're talking about. PC still has physical BC back into the 80s.



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Mummelmann on 13 June 2017

Good riddance as far as I'm concerned, it just adds hassle for me. Besides; I've been gaming more or less fully digitally for almost a decade now so there's not much of a change. It also hampers greedy companies like Gamespot from butchering the market with insane price tags on second-hand products and software and reduces the need for scalpers on Amazon and e-bay as well. For me, it's just win all around, with the added bonus of not needing insane amounts of shelves and storage for my hundreds of games.



fedfed on 13 June 2017

Nintendo had to drop it to maximize deluxe sales of great games! It will b back again with the next console.



Switch!!!

Vor on 13 June 2017
vivster said:
Dunno what you're talking about. PC still has physical BC back into the 80s.

I don't know floppy drives is still a thing now.



A handheld gamer only (for now).

darkknightkryta on 13 June 2017
vivster said:
Dunno what you're talking about. PC still has physical BC back into the 80s.

You do realize Windows 10 refeuses to read floppy disk drives?



vivster on 13 June 2017
darkknightkryta said:
vivster said:
Dunno what you're talking about. PC still has physical BC back into the 80s.

You do realize Windows 10 refeuses to read floppy disk drives?

You do realize that Windows is an open platform and that there are several ways around that? Then there are also several other operating systems. Isn't PC a great platform?



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