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Epic gave away nearly 600 million games in 2024, and it's 'not slowing down' for 2025 (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's a bit more of a myth than a lot of people realise. There's the decreasing access to physical media already but pair that with the fact that some discs have nothing more than a serial key on them to unlock access to a downloaded copy of your "purchase"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can I sell/trade it to somebody else so they can play it?

Yes: I own it.

No: I don't own it.

Already we're seeing utter nonsense of games being removed in the generation they were launched on, meaning games like Forza Horizon titles can't even be purchased unless you have a disc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'm happy to agree with you there but I'd add the extra stipulation to you simple yes/no

If I get home from purchasing the physical edition of the game and my internet has happened to go off, can I still play it?

Yes: I own it.

No: I've been sold an almost useless key.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's a handful of games I've seen like that. The Spyro Remastered Trilogy for example contained just the first game. The rest had to be downloaded.

And while my Cyberpunk disc contains a full hand as far as I can tell, the expansion is just a code and has to be downloaded.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

For Cyberpunk, I can say the disc for the PC version was the soundtrack. The game still had to be redeemed on GoG and downloaded in its entirety. A silverlining that I at least got something in the box but certainly a weird side-step.

I was also aware of what was really on the disc prior to release otherwise I'd've called it a con. I can't remember how I knew about that though.