sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTwo Game Retailers Are Refusing To Sell GTA 6 Until There’s A Disckotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down14
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minus-squareCherry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·12 days agoIf it’s a code you don’t own it. If this slides you will never own a game going forward.
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoThis isn’t the first game to do this, this has been happening for a while. Switch had a number of games where you only got a digital download code and PC games were doing that for years before they stopped having physical releases.
minus-squaredudeface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoWould it be better if it was on a piece of cardboard with the code behind a scratch off section?
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoExactly. They’re effectively killing off the used market.
If it’s a code you don’t own it. If this slides you will never own a game going forward.
This isn’t the first game to do this, this has been happening for a while. Switch had a number of games where you only got a digital download code and PC games were doing that for years before they stopped having physical releases.
Would it be better if it was on a piece of cardboard with the code behind a scratch off section?
Exactly. They’re effectively killing off the used market.