• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      6 hours ago

      It isn’t about digital vs physical it’s about ownership. On PC stores you’re still downloading a computer file. That you keep.

      PlayStation digital isn’t like PC digital, it isn’t a file that you store on a hard drive it’s an entry in a database to say that you “own” that game. An entry that can be easily deleted whenever Sony feel like it. Think of it like the difference between Netflix and Jellyfin hosting.

      Just like Netflix Sony can take away content whenever they want. At least with Netflix they don’t try and claim that I own anything though.

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      6 hours ago

      Yes, but the part everyone is leaving out is that was greatly helped along when stores like GameStop stopped carrying PC games other than WoW and CoD circa 2010.