nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoPC is the most 'dominant' it's been this decade as two-thirds of devs say they're targeting the platformwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkPC is the most 'dominant' it's been this decade as two-thirds of devs say they're targeting the platformwww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months ago they can’t take away a console disk, Technically not but you still only own a license and those walled garden platforms of consoles can easily be used to block you from using that disk for anything meaningful.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoYou can always play the version shipped with the disk with the game unplugged from the internet. On PC, you’d have to pirate if a game is taken down.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoOn PC, you could pirate, but you could also buy DRM free games from GOG.com and keep a copy locally backed up. It’s also worth noting that optical media will delaminate over time, rendering them unusable.
Technically not but you still only own a license and those walled garden platforms of consoles can easily be used to block you from using that disk for anything meaningful.
You can always play the version shipped with the disk with the game unplugged from the internet.
On PC, you’d have to pirate if a game is taken down.
On PC, you could pirate, but you could also buy DRM free games from GOG.com and keep a copy locally backed up.
It’s also worth noting that optical media will delaminate over time, rendering them unusable.