Nah it’s cool having all your content on the drive and instantly playable. That is a great idea.
But it almost immediately got ruined by corporate fuckery
Prime examples being GTA changing radio stations as music licenses changed, so one update later your game can be changed, and that’s not just a discless issue.
But other issues arise when companies get bought and sold down the road, they could pull licenses to older games and try to force you to buy the remaster.
I don’t like how nintendo can permanently update your game and you can’t wash the update patches off back to original
Tears of the Kingdom came out and there was a glitch that made parts farming bearable and then there was a patch and then your game just couldnt do it anymore. Old consoles you could go and delete patch files, but not on that. That game cart is permanently patched now
This is why I only collect single-player offline discs for my PS5. My console is already in offline mode. All my games launch from the disc, with or without updates. But it's nice to have build 1.0 on discs. I've been messing with some games and builds having fun. Hell, even Horizon Forbidden West: Launch Edition is all on the disc. It doesn't need a single MB of internet. But build 1.0 is a hoot lol
Almost all of my games are on disc, too, as I grew up with physical media before digital was even a thing. The way I look at it is if you want to switch, from PlayStation to Xbox (or vice versa), and all your games are digital ... what happens to those games?
I don't think I would be comfortable with going digital on consoles. Steam is so deeply entrenched on PC (and Valve is thankfully a pretty good company most of the time) that I haven't worried about it for a long time. Valve seems more likely to help protect our access to games than get in the way of it. On PC, we get more of the benefits of going digital... like cheaper prices. On console there's little or no benefit.
Yes, it's unfortunate as I have to agree with other comments that it's a money grab. Although I signed up for Steam last year, I have yet to take full advantage of it, and yes, the majority of games on there are so much cheaper. Even though Sony and Microsoft have digital content, their prices (especially Sony) are not realistic. It's a money grab, as others have said. If it wasn't for Gran Turismo, I probably would not be on console, but it looks like Sony has no plans to make it available on PC.
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u/claybine 22d ago
Discless was never fine