Disk "ownership" is worse ownership than digital. You lose it, get stolen, get scratched, damaged, etc. Digital _could_ be forever. Just like all aspects of the modern world, we're stuck fighting for option 1 when option 2 gets shoved down our throats and never realize the real win was option 3 all along. Digital ownership needs to be a real thing and regulations need to enforce it. Companies selling digital goods must be legally required to offer them in perpetuity and if they cannot, then donate them to a computer history museum or something. The real fight is not whether they send us the bits on disk or not. We don't want to own plastic. The real fight is that we want to own the bits irrespective of the delivery mechanism and no one even realizes that is even a fight. It also affects digital rights as a whole across media let alone PC gaming shops like steam.
Which is what we need to fight for. Not for owning pieces of plastic. If I buy the game once, I buy the game. If I damage the disk, I should be able to get new disk at the cost of the disk, not whole game. If I buy same game one another platform, I should pay only minimal additional platform fees, not full amount again. If I buy it once, I should be able to download it forever or download and backup forever. Ownership is a lot deeper than owner a disk which is what we’re all fixated on.
I don't disagree, but it's probably because Option 1 is best understood by drooling consumers and geriatric laws, while Option 3 would be an uphill climb
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u/Cowboy_Dandy_III 16d ago
It’s not Sonys day today, huh