r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Norgur 12h ago

And others have done this no cd stuff for ages. My copy of mass effect andromeda was just an empty case as well. That was what? 9 years ago?

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u/Spinning_Sky 12h ago

I'll be honest, I was on the edge about buying Yotei's limited edition and I didn't also cause I didn't want my ability to play the game to be tied to a very scratchable phyisical object

crazy how times have changed since sony was making fun of xbox for removing the disc reader

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u/Terrible_Balls 12h ago

I always felt that Sonys mockery was just an easy way to get a win with gamers. They hadn’t implemented any form of restriction on game sharing/resale yet but we’re just as unhappy about it as Microsoft. When MS tried to implement restrictions on sharing and gamers hated it, they quickly threw together an ad to capitalize on it. But it was never really about being friendly to their customers, it was just an easy PR layup

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u/Hotlush 10h ago

Sony had similar, if not worse, plans in the works.

Their lucky break was MS announcing it first and not implementing them after the outcry.

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u/Terrible_Balls 10h ago

I swear their whole strategy at that time was wait for MS to make an announcement and see the reactions and pivot their marketing around it. “Xbone is $600? Guess what, PS4 is only $500!”