• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    9 days ago

    Why can’t you just plug in a random-ass USB 4KBR-disc drive?

    Or sell one that we can use to bring in games from PS1, 2, 3, 4 and 5? And state that the drive will be able to be used going forward, into the next gen and beyond.

    They’ve got a rich gaming history at this point and they don’t care because they’d rather sell you an $80 digital copy that they can take away at any time and you can’t trade it in or really own it. And it’s the same with PC games as well, courtesy of Valve and then everyone else.

    If the future is digital, we need laws that allow us to transfer ownership of digital content. It would have to be secure, obviously. Not just “steal somebody’s console and trade all their games in”.

    • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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      9 days ago

      I’m pretty sure that would run you about the same as the external component, so there’s no benefit to going with a third-party accessory