"Profoundly Disappointed:" Companies Respond To Sony's Decision To End Disc Support
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/profoundly-disappointed-is-this-companys-response-to-sonys-decision-to-end-disc-support/
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bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 58d
Sony has brought shame upon the household of its videogame ancestors.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 58d
...Well, to be fair, these companies would obviously complain. Game discs are literally their job.
I'd "buy" this headline more if bigger studios spoke up.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 57d
I wouldn't. Even if bigger companies spoke up, it's only performatively to garner consumer support for their brand.
MrWrinkles@leminal.space · -34 pts · 58d
It would take a lifetime to play all the great games there are to play on generations of multiple game consoles. That's all on discs and cartridges. Does this matter?
Olap@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 58d
Yup, as there will be more great games made yet
Pika@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 58d
yea but that doesn't matter, if people just didn't buy it in favor of just playing the ones available, the ps7 would backtrack heavy and have a disk reader. Hell I firmly expect they would actually make a mid line change to provide a ps6 with a disk reader if they felt that it was a primary reason people wern't buying.
sadly... the same could be said about most of the industry. So with subscriptions, with licenses, with micro-transactions...
The consumers strongest weapon is their wallet, if they don't buy then the company is forced to innovate or die. Yet people don't seem to realize that