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Walmart Reportedly Starting to Purge Physical Games Next Week (comicbook.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Specifically Xbox Games.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We told everyone no good would come from GamePass and here we are... You will own nothing and be happy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the endgame of this is that eventually all Microsoft exclusives will only be available on GamePass.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And piracy sites.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Then game streaming becomes the norm :/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

That's an actual nightmare

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Then I enjoy my backlog.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I think a lot of the hating on Gamepass is justified, but I've just gotta say as a partially blind gamer it has been a godsend for me.

I used to struggle with whether or not to buy a game every single time because in most cases there is no way from descriptions and reviews for me to know how any given game will work with my vision and fine/gross motor impairment.

With gamepass I can try things and if I can't play it? I move on and try something else.

Kinda sad that we can't find some middle ground between making games accessible for disabled folks without bankrupting developers and ultimately hurting consumers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most 'physical' releases have been downloads for at least a decade now anyhow, long before game pass was ever a thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish people would stop parroting this. For the vast, vast majority of games it isn't true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Really? Anything above Nintendo it has been true for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Most games have a day one patch, but the game on the disc is usually playable without it.