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Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs. (mainichi.jp)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno. Steam did it well enough. I was buying cheap games for years. I could get a kick ass GOTY game for like $5 while GameStop was still selling it used on consoles for $20.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

You do realize you don't "own" anything on Steam right? Every dollar you give them is towards a "subscription" to play the game.

[–] nek0d3r 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While companies like Nintendo continually kill off game accessibility, Steam doesn't really take away games from anyone. Digital distribution may not be ownership, but Steam in particular hasn't given reason to worry.

[–] Fredselfish 5 points 5 months ago

For now but one day some corporation will buy Steam and turn into the endshitcation like all the rest.

Until that time will try to enjoy it while we can.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This is why I buy from GOG

[–] Prok 2 points 5 months ago

While true for some games that require their online services. There's nothing keeping you from downloading a game and backing up the install files on your own media to play later... A lot of games will run without steam open if you just run the executable...