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Remember the days of buying disks to play games on a console? Right. Like, yesterday. Sony is upping its game for digital delivery with the introduction of PS5 Digital Edition which is currently available to be pre-ordered by PSN members in good standing. This sets the PS5 apart from the other consoles from the last generation making it one step closer to having all games delivered by and available only from The Cloud.
Interested? Register on-line to get your chance to pre-order. Pricing has not yet been announced.
Does this mean rootkits will be distributed from The Cloud instead of by disk in the future?
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Sony Introduces Digital Edition PS5 with No CD-ROM/Blu-ray
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 31 2020, @11:25AM (7 children)
Meh, just means I'll play more PC games instead. I won't pay for a game I don't receive physical media for.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday August 31 2020, @03:42PM (6 children)
So, no PC games either then, 'eh? There are very few physical media PC games.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Monday August 31 2020, @08:52PM
Sounds like he'll be sailing the high seas and venturing into uncharted waters.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 01 2020, @01:03AM (4 children)
You're on the drugs. There are plenty of games still on physical media or at least offering a downloadable installer that you can put on physical media. Not everything is Steam-only by a long shot.
I don't care if the physical media is something already on a disc or something I can viably download once and archive myself; I care that I can reinstall even if my drive craters and I forget every password I ever used. I care that my ability to play a game is not at the mercy of my Internet connection, the game company's Internet connection, every bit of fiber between us, and the competence of some retarded monkey who underestimated launch day load by more than three orders of magnitude.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @07:26AM (1 child)
Windows 10 is becoming a more common requirement. Anyone know of a way to un-fuck W10? I imagine not, but hackers do some amazing shit.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 01 2020, @01:19PM
Meh, you can play plenty of Win10-only games just fine with wine. Especially if the requirement is only based on needing DX12.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:24PM (1 child)
So, you're happy with something like GOG, then? In that case, there's a boat load of games you can purchase that fit the physical media requirement. 99.9999% of Steam doesn't fit that description. PC games with a phsyical media release are very few and far between, if there's anyone still doing it. Other than the "arcade pack disc" kind of PC games, though maybe they don't even carry those anymore. I'd guess there's some tiny section, with something in a local store. Even when you buy a box and it happens to have a CD in it, the last few games I bought like that were Steam games. Thus, you had to have a Steam account to play the game. I've learned to just look for Steam sales and support GOG as much as possible. I've avoided the EPIC Store like the plague, I don't need yet another Origin, etc. fueled nightmare.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday September 03 2020, @04:36PM
Just went through the top several pirated games for the week and not one of them didn't offer a physical copy or standalone installer download (which is the same thing if you aren't hurting for storage media).
My rights don't end where your fear begins.