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submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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[-] Morgikan@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago

This is akin to the "boycotts" people have done against gas stations for high fuel costs. It doesn't work. It's always like "on a Tuesday, don't buy gas"... but you weren't going to until Friday anyway. And then you buy it on Friday, the books balance exactly the same, and there is zero actual impact.

You want to impact Sony? Stop buying games on PS5. Not for a week. For this entire console generation.

[-] th_in_gs@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago

This is so ridiculous.

  1. I, personally, want discs - or at least real ownership - of games to continue. In the past I bought almost all my games used.
  2. That doesn’t matter. Most people - even those who know the current trade-offs - would rather ‘buy’ digital games. Physical sales are a tiny fraction of game sales. With a purely financial head on: it’s going to cost Sony more to continue having them than to stop production. You can’t fight it (or, at least, the fight is unwinnable).

The only winnable fight here - and I still think it’s a long shot - is convincing governments to legislate to allow download of and resale of digital purchases.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

Download has a chance, resale aint happening.

[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

It could. Allowing the licensee to transfer their license isn't a wild concept. I could see the EU making a proposal (and eventual law) requiring licensors to allow licensees to transfer their licenses to some extent. It just needs enough momentum to force them to consider it.

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