• Monkstrosity@lemm.eeEnglish
    622·
    1 year ago

    Fact is, current software licensing laws needs to change. Doesn’t matter whether I own a physical copy or a digital copy, a company shouldn’t be able to decide that I can’t access the product I paid for anymore.

    • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      What software aren’t you able to access anymore that you’ve paid for? On PlayStation and Xbox at least even if stuff gets de-listed you can still redownload if you bought it. Same with physical disks

      • iheartneopets@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        I remember it happened to me back in PS3 days. Back then, they had the PS1 spyro games on the online store, so I used my well-saved Christmas money to buy them as an early teen. Then a few months and quite a few hours of gameplay later, I was really confused to find that I could no longer find them on my account anywhere. Not sure what happened with that licensing-wise, but I could never play the games again and I was so bummed :/

        • freebread@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Are you sure it’s not still on your account anywhere? It looks like the original is available on PSN in the US (PS3/Vita/PSP store). I never bought it cause I have it physical.

          I’m kinda bored rn so let me grab my PS3 from the cupboard to check- hold on.

          EDIT: can confirm they are $5.99 each on the US store. Not sure what region you are in though as licensing can vary.

          • iheartneopets@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I do not still have a PS3, or access to that account so I wouldn’t know. Regardless of whether it’s back on or not, I can only speak to the fact that it wasn’t for a long period, long enough for me to have moved out and not have the PS3 any more to even check.

            Glad you say it seems to be back, but I can only reference my own experience of it being taken off my account. Who knows if I’d even be able to download the republished version, for all I know I’d have to repurchase it.

            • freebread@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Ah alright- was just trying to help if you still had the console and wanted to get your purchase back. I’m very fortunate that I have room in my apartment and can still keep everything.

              • iheartneopets@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I appreciate it. Yeah, I was able to take the PS2 when I left thankfully, but at the time my parents were still using the PS3 as their Blu-ray disc player so I couldn’t convince them to let me have it.

      • papyrus@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Idk if it’s happened for games yet, but at least for movies it has happened. I think there was a case with Disney revoking The Lion King license from Apple, and then Apple removing the movie from users libraries.

        • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Can you not re-download things you’ve already bought? Closing the store down doesn’t usually prevent that.

  • Tamlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
    232·
    1 year ago

    I know it’s a joke, but that’s not completly true. There are a lot game that are playable without downloading something. Does it play is a website that shows you, if your pysical version is able to play a game without downloading something.

    • CluelessDude@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I agree but it’s getting more and more predominant unfortunately, also that’s a neat website to know ty

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    144·
    1 year ago

    People keep saying that they want to have the whole game on physical disks – but I wonder how they’d react to the likes of RDR2 running from optical disks.

    You are about to enter Saint Denis. Please insert disk #8. And then you have to wait for the world to pop in because rotational media is inherently slow.