General Videogame Thread

Just downloaded the remaster of Riven (The sequel to MYST).

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Elbow beards said:
Discs are considerably cheaper, and you can resell them, than the ripoff that is the PlayStation store.
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Yep but they will be phased out in the next gen, PC has been virtually disc free over about 10 to 15 years for the majority. I have an Xbox series S without the drive and it's fine. Can buy plenty of console games on cdkeys and other websites for cheaper prices.
 
Scottyboi said:
Yep but they will be phased out in the next gen, PC has been virtually disc free over about 10 to 15 years for the majority. I have an Xbox series S without the drive and it's fine. Can buy plenty of console games on cdkeys and other websites for cheaper prices.
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Ye, think one of the reasons for the decline of pc discs is there was no resale value. Play or cex wouldn't touch em with a barge pole.
 
Isn't there an active lawsuit against Sony for selling digital only consoles and then monopolising the sale of digital playstation items? Not sure how far it will get, but I'd choose disc every time. I'd also do away with single layer game experiences that somehow still require an online connection, but that's just me.

Even outlets such as cdkeys, beyond playstation store credit, don't have much if any digital playstation codes.
 
Elbow beards said:
Ye, think one of the reasons for the decline of pc discs is there was no resale value. Play or cex wouldn't touch em with a barge pole.
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They also came with a CD key that was like a one time use only so probably wasn't resellable anyway. But steam and that have been around for so long now CDs feel ancient to me haha.
 
MMA said:
There's your backwards compatibility gone if you've got a collection of PS1 PS2 PS3 PS4 and current ps5 discs.

Not that Sony give a shit about backwards compatibility..
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PS5 is only compatible with it's own and PS4 discs. So backwards compatibility was already not a thing.
 
MMA said:
That's not what I'm saying mate.

With no future disc drive at all then it's definitely off the table isn't it.
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Has to happen at some point time moves on, I play ps1 and ps2 games in a web browser now don't even need an emulator. Will become more of a niche collectors hobby I reckon.
 
MMA said:
That's not what I'm saying mate.

With no future disc drive at all then it's definitely off the table isn't it.
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It's unlikely they would ever put a PS3 emulator on there, too complicated. Licensing issues and lack of economic return means PS1 and PS2 on PS5, apart from through the store or subscriptions. Mean it isn't happening anyway.
 
Scottyboi said:
Has to happen at some point time moves on, I play ps1 and ps2 games in a web browser now don't even need an emulator. Will become more of a niche collectors hobby I reckon.
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I've got every rom I could ever need from the past 40 odd years of games stored for emulation on pc and chipped consoles mate.
Been emulating since the very early days.

That's all great if you know what your doing , but there are millions of people out there with large collections on disc waiting in hope Sony would make backwards compatibility a thing one day like Xbox have with their older consoles.
 
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