daggermoon@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoPlayStation will no longer be offering games on discblog.playstation.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down15
arrow-up1378arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation will no longer be offering games on discblog.playstation.comdaggermoon@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-216 hours agoThe opposite, with Switch1 there were a bunch of games where third parties cheaped out and just put a code in a box. Switch2 added game-key cards to replace the code-in-a-box with a license dongle in the shape of a cart. It still requires the eshop to download the game, but it’s not tied to an account, it’s tied to the card, which can be resold or lent out. Solves a few of the issues with digital while doing nothing for preservation.
minus-squareSlothMama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 hours agoThere are still code in a box games, I have one
The opposite, with Switch1 there were a bunch of games where third parties cheaped out and just put a code in a box.
Switch2 added game-key cards to replace the code-in-a-box with a license dongle in the shape of a cart.
It still requires the eshop to download the game, but it’s not tied to an account, it’s tied to the card, which can be resold or lent out.
Solves a few of the issues with digital while doing nothing for preservation.
There are still code in a box games, I have one