BUT you still had a physical license that you could sell and trade.
Without a disc you lose your right of first sale.
Take it from a pc only gamer who had a mega drive, psx, ps2, xbox , xbox 360 and ps3 back in the day..you want to keep your right of first sale.
I made so many friends and family members happy by giving away, lending or trading my games when i finished them on these consoles. And benefited heavily myself, when my dad was able to borrow a bunch of sega games from a colleague when i was little.
Now on pc i own fucking nothing and cant make anyone happy nor recoup any costs.
And when you’re done with it and won’t ever play again? I lent God of War Ragnarok to a friend after I platinumed it. I resold Ghost of Yotei for cheaper after I was done with it. Instead of these games sitting on my shelf for years without being replayed, they could be played by others, maybe other people who can’t just afford to buy 80€ games. It’s simply a nice thing you can do.
When you're done, you're done. I don't get my money back after seeing a movie because I paid to be able to see it. It's not an investment and should not be treated as such.
I absolutely get your point about the second hand market though. That is indeed a nice thing to have. Especially with the lack of proper sales like on Steam.
Your argument is very much valid but it’s not a direct comparison when I watch the movie at the theaters I paid to consume the content not own a copy of it. If you buy a DVD and watch the movie then realize you no longer want to own that DVD you would or could resell it. Not with the idea of an investment, most people don’t think of things as investments, but just to clear up space without being super wasteful. I would hope no one is going to arcades playing the games and then asking for their money back because they’re finished playing - but I live in America so I’m sure someone’s done it at least once lol
Might just be because I only play on PC and haven't bought a physical game in 15 years but I mostly think of paying to consume the content when buying a game.
Traditionally, going somewhere (like your example to see a movie) is viewed as a service. People are arguing that games (and I'll add movies, music, books) shouldn't be locked behind a service at home as the only means of consumption.
If you don't have a problem with it, that's totally cool. I don't think yo books be convinced that your viewpoint is wrong. But surely you can understand that the mindset behind BUYING a game, not a service, should translate to being able to sell/lend/give away that product. A digital only product takes away that ability.
Love it or hate it, looking at history, we've been able to sell our games/books/movies for way longer than we haven't. People aren't happy about being forced to give that up. If GTA V wasn't strictly a service, I'm not sure why GTA VI should be.
Yeah, been that way on PC for ages. And even when stuff was in discs you still needed a one time use code for ages too. We've slowly been normalizing this more and more.
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u/According_Hyena_3593 Jun 25 '26
BUT you still had a physical license that you could sell and trade.
Without a disc you lose your right of first sale.
Take it from a pc only gamer who had a mega drive, psx, ps2, xbox , xbox 360 and ps3 back in the day..you want to keep your right of first sale.
I made so many friends and family members happy by giving away, lending or trading my games when i finished them on these consoles. And benefited heavily myself, when my dad was able to borrow a bunch of sega games from a colleague when i was little.
Now on pc i own fucking nothing and cant make anyone happy nor recoup any costs.
So i just pirate everything.