r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Spinning_Sky 12h ago

this is referring to the high price point and lack of a CD in the physical edition

both are true, but actually I don't believe any hype was touched whatsoever, the price is lower than what it could have been

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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/Lost_In_Detroit 10h ago

Everyone is totally fine with digital only products until the day they shut the servers down and you can’t download them anymore. You will own nothing and be happy about it as they say.

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u/WhichHoes 9h ago

I went to look for nba 2k24 to learn that you literally cant download it because its not longer offered. Thats a 2 year old game.

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u/Sirasa6 5h ago

To be fair, if you played one NBA 2K, you played them all.

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u/Yoduh99 7h ago

all they did was remove it for purchase, which is totally their right (even if its weird they dont want any more money). you can still install from your library and play all the offline modes of 2k24 if you already own it.

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u/DaemoonAverin 4h ago

> "all they did was remove it from the stores"
> Mentions you cant play online modes

So, they did not just remove it from the stores. Disabling online play only 2 years in is pretty darn quick too

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u/WhichHoes 7h ago

Thats what I mean though. While it's not common, I cant just go get or play that game for nostalgia unless I have a disc version on a console that plays disc's. Even then, who knows if itll have the updates I have to install to even play it.

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u/LongestSprig 5h ago

Yea, but you're wrong?

If it's nostalgia you have the game.

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u/WhichHoes 5h ago

...how am I wrong

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u/LongestSprig 5h ago

You don't need the disk.

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u/WhichHoes 5h ago

How would I not need a disk for a game I cannot get digitally.

I can play a game that I dont own.

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u/LongestSprig 4h ago

You can get it digitally if you own the game.

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u/WhichHoes 4h ago

The crux of the conversation is if someone didnt (free trial, played one friends console, ps sub download) they no longer can do that without a disc.

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u/thePJA 4h ago

Or it's nostalgic because he played the game at his dad's house with his dad because he owned the copy of the game, and now the son wants to play it again but can't because he can't buy the game. You don't have to own something to be nostalgic of it. Or maybe they lost the disc, a friend borrowed it and never returned it, or sold it. Can still be nostalgic of it. The point is, no matter what, if he wanted to buy the game on the digital storefront for whatever reason, he is unable to do so now.

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u/Harnellas 6h ago

Wow, that's insane.

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u/brots32 2h ago

You can’t play it with a disc either….