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GGuirao13
06/03/21 2:20:47 PM
#51:


If you paid for it, yes.

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God_Of_Entirety
06/03/21 2:26:10 PM
#52:


Shablagoo posted...
They can break, degrade, etc.
That has nothing to do with your ownership of the game.

We're gonna die, so do you really oWn AnYtHiNg?

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YugiNoob
06/03/21 2:28:30 PM
#53:


Alucard188 posted...
You don't own shit if it's digital. All you have is a license to play it.


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Shablagoo
06/03/21 2:32:53 PM
#54:


God_Of_Entirety posted...
That has nothing to do with your ownership of the game.

We're gonna die, so do you really oWn AnYtHiNg?

Yeah well Im trying to make myself feel better about all the money Sony stole from me

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God_Of_Entirety
06/03/21 2:33:52 PM
#55:


Shablagoo posted...
Yeah well Im trying to make myself feel better about all the money Sony stole from me
I feels

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AlphaCuck
06/03/21 2:43:15 PM
#56:


Shablagoo posted...
Yeah well Im trying to make myself feel better about all the money Sony stole from me
finally somebody around here being honest

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cadcrafter
06/03/21 2:48:29 PM
#57:


If you can't legally make a back up copy of it, you don't own it imo

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God_Of_Entirety
06/03/21 2:53:35 PM
#58:


cadcrafter posted...
If you can't legally make a back up copy of it, you don't own it imo
can you explain your logic here?

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RadiantJoyrock
06/03/21 7:20:04 PM
#59:


You don't actually own a game even if you buy it physical.
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God_Of_Entirety
06/03/21 8:12:03 PM
#60:


RadiantJoyrock posted...
You don't actually own a game even if you buy it physical.
yuh huh

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Wii_Shaker
06/03/21 8:13:04 PM
#61:


GGuirao13 posted...
If you paid for it, yes.
What does capitalism's dick taste like?

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God_Of_Entirety
06/04/21 2:51:19 AM
#62:


Wii_Shaker posted...
What does capitalism's dick taste like?
exactly lol

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hockeybub89
06/04/21 2:54:55 AM
#63:


Gamers: lol buying discs what a waste of space. so inconvenient too

Gamers: lol buying digital you don't even own it when they shut down Steam in 50 years

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DezDroppedFreak
06/04/21 2:54:57 AM
#64:


Yes and no

you own the license

license expires

well all probably be dead before that aspect is a problem

the real problem is if these clients hosting said games go down

and honestly a lot of games treat the disc like a license check like another user brought up and that access could also get fucked by the same issue

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Bloodmoon77
06/04/21 2:55:19 AM
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I love this gimmick

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God_Of_Entirety
06/04/21 2:55:59 AM
#66:


hockeybub89 posted...
Gamers: lol buying digital you don't even own it when they shut down Steam in 50 years
I bought DB raging blast 2 digitally on 360 like 6 years ago.

Where is it now?


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Hayame Zero
06/04/21 11:32:25 AM
#67:


God_Of_Entirety posted...
I bought DB raging blast 2 digitally on 360 like 6 years ago.

Where is it now?
Still there. You can still redownload every past purchased 360 game.

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Trickfinger
06/04/21 11:40:57 AM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Still there. You can still redownload every past purchased 360 game.
No... it's not. No, you can't.

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DezDroppedFreak
06/04/21 12:56:54 PM
#69:


Since when? Unless the game has been delisted due to copyright expiration you should still be able to access it

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Trickfinger
06/04/21 1:24:21 PM
#70:


There are a bunch of games that you can't download anymore period and the list is growing.

The reasons why are fucking irrelevant, address the issue.

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DezDroppedFreak
06/04/21 2:15:49 PM
#71:


And those games also are not available for retail sale, so theyre no longer listed.

Yes, the secondhand market when a game is longer available for retail sale is an inherent advantage to physical over digital.

Trickfinger posted...
The reasons why are fucking irrelevant, address the issue.

If the issue is copyright theyre not going to address it if keeping up the licensure for say vgm soundtracks or a licensed character is not worth paying relative to sales. There does need to be something worked in to allow people to still download it when they own the license to the title, I agree. Digital only is still not fully viable for reasons like that, but thats also not that common, yet anyway

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Guide
06/04/21 2:22:44 PM
#72:


Not technically, but you don't own it "physically", either.

The principle is good up until last gen. Now, individual games in their own media storage are really just tokens. If you don't download the patches, what you have is an incomplete game, and I think legally you don't actually own the game, either.

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garan
06/04/21 3:12:10 PM
#73:


lww99 posted...
No, and its bullshit


This, sadly. It'd be nice if someone would utterly destroy this sort of corporate bullshit.
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