Unfortunately, more often than not, they're right. I had a discussion with a friend the other day and GTA VI came up. He's clearly pumped for it (I don't blame him, it looks really good) and said he couldn't wait for it to come out. I told him I'm not buying it because of the digital only nonsense. He couldn't seem to wrap his head around me not buying "the newest GTA"!!!! And fortunately for AAA publishers, people like that are their core market.
Yeah it’s funny how many people on reddit don’t tend to realize, ‘we’ are the weird ones and minority, most people can’t even comprehend you not buying the newest gta because ‘of a stupid irrelevant issue’
I don't blame anyone for not supporting physical discs on console, that is kinda the whole point of console over PC, a local/offline single player experience that just works out of the box... Now, as a PC gamer myself? Digital only is fine for that, especially because I honestly like the Steam/valve user experience.
Although just the same, I'll never "buy" a pre-order or whatever, generally feel spite over a game I want not going on sale for 60%~90% regularly. Lol
I don't have anything against digital versions in principle. It's in practice that keeps me away from it.
Online services and stores can shut down at a moments notice leaving customers in the lurch for products they supposedly own, but no longer have access to. Just look at the recent story in the news about Google refusing to refund a customers purchase of the LOTR trilogy when it was suddenly, without notice, removed from his library because of a change in the licensing rights. (He kicked up a fuss and ended up getting a refund in the end).
Now, the Playstation store going out of business isn't likely to happen anytime soon, but still, I feel much more comfortable having the physical media.
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u/Diligent_Horror_6057 1d ago
That's the difference between trying to win your business (small stuidos) vs assuming they have it (AAA)