I really would expect a better attack on a great pro-consumer MSFT strategy from an obvious Sony fanboi than this. "Microsoft could still..." is cute. Microsoft could still give us hundreds of free games. They could still send every Xbox owner a check for $500. There are lots of things MSFT could do. Until they do it, there's no argument.
Of course MSFT is getting rid of physical discs. Why on Earth wouldn't they? PC users gave them up decades ago without whining, and no amount of incessant whining from the 2% of Playtstation fans who care about this is going to change anything. Focus on that. Since you obviously don't own Xbox, why do you even care about this great announcement for Xbox fans? Go back to hating Sony for doing the sensible thing and stop trying to downplay a great plan that Sony absolutely cannot match because they were not smart enough to serialize their physical media.
awww got a sore fanboy here and like Nintendo fanboys its funny when you state facts, their defence is you don't own said console.
Sorry to upset you, but I own ever single console, so trust me, the stuff said is factual.
And I'm laughing with your claim about pc.... Forgetting one major issue....
MICROSOFT HAD IGNORED PC AS A GAMING MARKET FOR DECADES....
It never had dedicated hardware, not all users instantly upgraded DISC DRIVES, games for ages on PC would come as multiple CDs then DVDs and by time BD came, people still hadn't upgraded....
By this point people using PC figured the likes if Steam and other digital stores made it easier, no need to buy or upgrade disc drives anymore.
That's why it became mainstream digital only, cloud based services made it where people didn't need disc drives anymore and is why laptop/pcs these days don't include them.
BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE IGNORED PC MARKET
We are talking about Microsoft essentially have already been doing this, its NOTHING NEW, just they keep fuckin it up, I mean you can't deny the facts that Microsoft had already wanted to stop gamers buying pre owned.
But again, this disc to digital isn't anything new, they've doing this since the XBX1 and its EXACTLY what its BC was.
As for SONY, YUP they are a set if CUNTS for forcing digital only, I'm not interested in your flawed reasons and for PC as that just shows how now VALVE are stepping up, seeing PC as a market, ohhhh NOW Microsoft wants to copy.
But console gamin advantages is its dedicated hardware, disc drives or other media, unlike PC devs know everyone has said equipment to use the game. Unlike PC having to support CDs and DVDs until everyone migrated.
Then DVD to BD, simply cheaper to go digital.
But when digital means you own nothing, yea Sony and eventually when Microsoft stops wasting money doing shit the hard way, they too will be digital only.
And while your mom ma's breast milk was still fresh on your face, I knew this day would come and decades ago said that will be the end if console gaming for me. Ill never buy Digital Only consoles.
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