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[–] shinjiikarus 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This has been an ongoing trend for years now. Microsoft wants everyone to rent GamePass instead of buying a game physically forever.

[–] Graphine 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember when this was like a big deal though during the XBone launch?

And then they just....quietly introduced this new way of killing physical copies. And hardly anyone cares.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Physical copies were dead in November of 2013.

People just can't accept that the moment a game needed a day 1 update of 40+GB that their physical game disk is just a product key you can hold.

You haven't been getting the full game on disk (and by extension, owning your full game) for literally a decade now. DRM isn't even a question anymore, hasn't been for a long time.

[–] Graphine 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've known this for a long time. I just think making a fucking game case and it having a literal code inside is just worse.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 3 points 2 years ago

That is worse, the case shouldn't exist.

They can't just give out some model of the ship or something? It HAS to be a case? Lol