This means you can’t pass the game around to your friends or sell it afterwards, which completely ruins the purpose of physical media imo. I mostly play PC these days so this doesn’t affect me, but it’s a disappointing direction for console games. At least they could’ve used an empty disc that has proof of ownership.

EDIT: Bethesda has confirmed that only the PC version won’t include a disc. Physical versions of Xbox will include a disc. Whew.

  • nameisnotimportant@lemmy.mlEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    I never thought I’d write something like this but by pirating it and downloading it on our hard drives, we come closest to what we used to know as ‘own’

    • ValiantHobo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      this is why i dont spend money on games anymore. the network of pirates will always be stronger than steam’s network of business men.

      • ReakDuck@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Idk, feels more comfy if the Games just work on the Steam Deck or Linux PC without needing to tinker.

        • ValiantHobo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          i find developers/publishers are most likely to sacrifice your comfort first and foremost, and many of the games ive pirated have run worse for me or my friends when run legally. but i must admit i enjoyed the process of tinkering with windows on my steam deck, and the piracy workflow for steamOS is seamful.

      • neo@lemmy.comfysnug.spaceEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s more a combo of “Gabe doesn’t care” and “Steam makes it really easy to add pirated games to your list”