For those who don’t know, there has been somewhat of an uproar due to Playstation’s announcement about stopping making disks.
Nope. PCs haven’t had physical games for well over a decade. Even “physical” games like Battlefield 1 just had a code in them, and that was 2016, a decade ago now. Discs were going away for PC games by the early 10s. I’ve been surprised that consoles held out for as long as they did, considering the always online stuff, the updates, seasonal DLC, DRM, etc. I miss when games were feature complete, like Pokemon Emerald or the early Sonic franchise.
I would like to be able to legally resell my digital games that I don’t want anymore.
Its a dumb ask. I bought the Playstation to play it when I have the time. I think way more people would be on board if it was a ps store blackout. No MTC, no purchases, nothing. Easy. Doable. Asking people to ignore the $600 widget they already bought and use? Pretty unreasonable.
No. Convenience always wins. Same reason people decided streaming is better than owning.
Some percent of those upset and boycotting will simply give it up. These things have about a 2-4 week lifespan. Then they’ll just miss their PlayStation and everything will be over, except they’ll own even less.
And the same thing that could also work in Win365’s favor against PCs should it get a consumer tier.
Nope.
No. Its that simple.
People will keep using the playstation, people will keep playing games, buying shit etc. Its wishful thinking that the boycott will do anything other the slightly lower overall numbers. The equivalent of a normal workday.
The disk battle is the wrong one to fight.
The correct battle is that buying=owning not leasing.
If there’s an actual boycott - yes it will work. Will EVERYONE refuse to buy their products?
Yeah… right.
I think people underestimate the power of collective action. People have been underplaying the strengths of these actions in online discourse to the point where I wonder if its coordinated.
Being loud and boycotting does work. And even if it doesn’t why support anti consumer practices.
All I know is I’m not buying shit from them again.
Yes, the even more powerful way of protesting: not giving a shit.
No.
People already buy digital games at greater rates for years, plus most digital games havent been the full game for a while now. Some of them are literally just download codes now.
Also, boycotts and protests almost never work.
The boycott wont do anything now but I think once they actually stop releasing physical games a lot of people will move to switch to continue collecting, or to PC since it’s more convenient for digital games. If it’s enough to make them change course, I don’t know, but I sure hope so.
Nope, nobody really cares about physical media or owning anything anymore
That depends entirely on how long gamers are able to stay angry enough to sustain the boycott, and how many of them actually stick to it.
It’s a big nothing burger.
NO… the golden age is over… video games are a scam now. Swim against the stream and throw in the towel… cold turkey. Your wallet will thank you. Get a new hobby like masturbation. Anything but giving the PDFiles your money. The turds have entered the building. The fun has been compromised. https://www.aftribune.com/entertainment/epstein-files-expose-how-jeffrey-epstein-pushed-microtransactions-in-video-games/
Get a new hobby like masturbation. Anything but giving the PDFiles your money.
Better be talking about jerkin off using the power of imagination cuz the porn industry is full of pedophilic and rapey circumstances. I’m all pro-sex work but there’s a lottttt of reform in other areas to focus on first IMO
I concur. I just think porn wouldn’t exist in a better world and we all would be gettin our nut. It was a crass joke. Do people eat fast food? They use slave labor. At the end of the day this system makes me dirty. There is no eithical consumtion under capitalism in anyway shape or form. But these over priced video games which are not even that good anymore are a death sentance to a person on a shoe string budget. Refering back to the artical I posted it explains how the groomers control the games. I am not claiming to be profound or a well of wisdom but as a poor shmuck, these video games are for the richers or for fools. So I ain’t nailing anyone to the cross, that is just my take. Econommicaly speaking. Not moraly. Besides who pays for porn? Everybody shakin ass on the net these daze. The internet is free sample costco on steroids. It is either revolution or jerkin. No one can push this gawd damn bolder up the hill on their own. What a sorry state of affairs. Everybody thinking they have morals… individualism… its funny… everybody building hell while seeking heaven. (If the porn became expensive or out of reach… i’d be lookin for the sears catalog.) <— to whom it may concern… this is called a joke. to be fair I am just shooting from the hip in the comments.
