PlayStation Deleting 500 Movies Is A Wake-Up Call For Digital Ownership
… Today's news, that over 500 movies are being deleted from libraries, should be a wake-up call to the future of digital ownership, or lack thereof. …
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… I asked, and it declined to comment on either Sony’s move, or the topic of “digital ownership” more broadly. …
Former Blizzard Boss Demands 'Digital Promise' From Sony Over Physical Media Plans
… Sign in to your GameRant account Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has shared his thoughts about digital ownership, demanding that PlayStation make drastic changes to the way that game purchases are made. Like most digital storefronts, the PlayStation Store offers a limited concept of ownership. …
'Digital data will no longer be owned by individuals on their own initiative': Hideo Kojima once insinuated that game ownership would be axed, and Sony has proved him right
… That affordability is seemingly what Sony is also trying to eliminate alongside game ownership. …
Sony just erased 551 movies from users' libraries, and it proves why I still buy physical media
… This rug being pulled out from under us exposes the true myth behind digital ownership . Realistically, when an interface features a buy button, it's actually executing an ephemeral conditional lease; there's no way to be 100% certain that digital ownership is true ownership. …
Xbox servers go down just days after PlayStation outage, giving us a glimpse into our digital-only future
… Answered Question 3 How do these outages illustrate risks tied to digital-only game ownership? …
PlayStation Quietly Shutting Down 13 Games on the PS Store on August 23
… That's bad enough, but the situation is made even worse by the fact that digital ownership, the very term itself, is a bit of a misnomer since a game purchase is a "license." And yet, purchased years before or a day before, this facet of digital ownership keeps creating issues. …
PlayStation Fans Are Cancelling PS Plus In Protest Of Digital Future
… Generally speaking, there’s a real fear that, should games go entirely digital, fans would lose ownership over their product. With Sony just recently removing 500 films from people’s digital libraries , it begs the question: who’s to say they won’t do the same with digitally bought video games, too? …
'The average person expects something marketed as a physical copy of something to be physical': Stop Killing Games on PlayStation killing discs
… When handled responsibly, digital-only games have real benefits, such as easier ways to back up purchases by copying games to an external hard drive. The danger lies when publishers treat digital ownership as something temporary or revocable. …
PlayStation's DRM scare raises worries about the future of PS4 and PS5 games
… A one-time check isn't as restrictive as a monthly check, even if players aren't granted an instant, permanent license for their purchases of digital games, but it still stings as it demonstrates the lack of ownership that we all have over our digital game libraries, no matter how much we spend or … …