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PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 202 points 9 months ago (79 children)

I have content I purchased on steam 19yrs ago. Shit was built for completely different hardware but I can go install and play it right now. The physical console games I bought that year only work in consoles that have long since broken. I can go play HL2 whenever I want, to play my copy of THPS3, I have to find and buy a PS2 that still works.

Digital ownership can apparently work just fine

Sony is reminding us that Sony is a shitty company. The company that bought you amazing technology like the memory stick (tm) probably cannot be trusted.

[–] [email protected] 106 points 9 months ago (58 children)

Don't find yourself in a false sense of security.

Your games on Steam are just as ephemeral as any other digital content purchased online.

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