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Zeus posted...

Are you claiming Steam doesn't let you play offline? Because I know that it does.

No, they're claiming digital consoles can't play offline which is wrong.

Xfma100 posted...

For example, I shared digital with one of my friends, and now my SO, friends, etc. can't play my digital games unless they are logged into my account. Meanwhile you don't have to worry about that at all with physical.

I still have my personal Xbox set as home so I don't have this problem locally. My brother and I share by logging into each other's accounts when we wanna play the other's games, which does mean we can't play shared stuff simultaneously like most sharing situations but we're ok with that. We live 2000+ miles apart so sharing physical games is not convenient, plus we can share DLC this way too.

kukukupo posted...

1. If the download goes away, you dont own it anymore.
2. If you have several consoles in the house, you can share a physical copy.

1) There's no example of this on modern systems. Even the Wii, which shut down its store in 2019 after giving over a year's notice, still lets you download purchased games. Plus, as long as you keep a copy of the game locally of course you still own it and can play it. How's that any different than keeping a disc?

2) You can do this with digital too; in fact you can play the game on two consoles at the same time, something you can't do with physical. You're not restricted to same household either, if desired.

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