This is why we have governments and regulations. The current situation is one for consumer protections to step in. There needs to be a legal way to "burn" any game onto a physical media for archiving, preservation and transfer purposes. This needs to be written into law and enforced.
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Without copyright and patents, none of this would matter at all.
Reselling isn't a thing with any PC game store I know. Which is the only drawback for me. Is it possible to sell my old PS game discs or are they attached to my PS account?
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This just in the newest os update of your maybe getting bricked..
If the next generation is digital only, it will be the first generation in which I do not participate.
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I'd be more ok with digital only if I had options for where I could buy codes.