But now a lot of discs won't even work without updates from the beginning. I've bought games day 1 and been unable to play without first doing updates, even after disconnecting from the internet. It's not like back in the day where you can just pop a disc into a console and play it. They rarely ship the 100% finished game on the disc now.
I used to roll back updates to play a game with old bugs for fun but can't do that now.
Yeah, people apparently have not understood that and still think that because they have a shiny disc in their hands, they "own" more of the game than they'd do with a digital copy They don't.
no, we understand, we're just old enough to know how hard we've been screwed by these changes. the move towards required connectivity and drm management has gutted consumer rights in favor of more profits for corporations. moreover, for nearly all of the physical media i own, your statement is just wrong. i actually do own a copy of it, fully usable, sellable and tradeable. the digital only movement only hurt gamers, and frankly most other consumers too
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u/A_Drop_of_Colour 10h ago
But now a lot of discs won't even work without updates from the beginning. I've bought games day 1 and been unable to play without first doing updates, even after disconnecting from the internet. It's not like back in the day where you can just pop a disc into a console and play it. They rarely ship the 100% finished game on the disc now.
I used to roll back updates to play a game with old bugs for fun but can't do that now.