I can even use the games that got banned from steam and stuff. What a wierd post.
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Gamepass' existence is proof going digital only isn't the best thing to do.
- Thread starter Iceman83
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The only thing that's actually happening on Xbox this gen is MS giving you back the ability to play a game you bought years ago on another console.
I mean, no I suspect I can't download my DDR Ultramix DLC song packs any more on my original xbox, due to the service not existing. That's PROBABLY true. Guess what, that shit was DLC so it doesn't matter if it was a physical game or not. In fact, there weren't digital downloads on the og xbox, so it's not actually a going concern here.
Anything on the 360 you can't download that you own I'd love to see the receipts.
Anything on the 360 you can't download that you own I'd love to see the receipts.
Sony cut off all redownloads of PS Mobile games.
Microsoft cut off all redownloads of OG Xbox DLC when OG Live went down (basically a handful of games and level packs).
Steam has actively removed games from libraries before.
But the vast majority of digital games (including all 360 content) is still available for redownload.
When it comes to the 360, any game content purchased is still available for redownload.
I bought both of these on the 360 around a decade ago, and they're both now downloaded and playable on my XBX. So this is incorrect.
Why spend $60 on Microsoft games when you can get them all via Xbox Game Pass? Buying Microsoft games digitally doesn't make much sense anymore.
PT wasn't a paid product so it 's EXTREMELY disingenuous to pretend it's similar.
Try snapping a game in half and asking GameStop for a refill.
If you don't have it, you didn't want it.
If irony were made of strawberries, we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now.
Or you bought a new console because your old one broke, or you wanted a Pro console, or you wanted more hard drive capacity...
This is very naive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html
Gaming companies want to make money, not preserve your gaming library. If you bought games on your DSi or Wii you won't be able to re-download them in the near future (forgot the exact date). I bought a lot of apps for my iPod Touch in 2009 that are not available any longer.
https://toucharcade.com/2015/09/11/...racing-and-other-classics-from-the-app-store/
Data should be backed up. I've been going through that process for years.
The PT demo wouldn't exist without a method to download it.
There's no guarantee in life but it's more likely that you would lose access to proprietary hardware to run a game on than lose access to a game itself. This is why I hope the big videogame companies put their games on pc. I don't know that the big 3 will still be making consoles in say 15 years but 100%certain pcs will still be here
Then you might be having an issue because otherwise this is bollocks mate. All my 360 games that are backwards compatible are sitting there in my ready to install list. So I'm not sure what's your argument here
Man, seriously. It's an open question whether our all digital future will implode in our faces first.. or if the rhinos all going extinct will beat it to the punch. My money's on the rhinos. Poor bastards. RIP LifeAsWeKnowIt.
My 22 yr old cousin is digital only on his PS4. Looked at me weird when I said I'm disk only unless no disk is available. It's not a problem for me at all. I have a 500 disc DVD case that doesn't get in the way and swapping disc has never been a problem for me. It does give me some comfort knowing I will never loose my games.
I also try to buy game of the year versions or "completed" versions when I can. I'm usually late to the party and hate downloading multiple patches.
I also try to buy game of the year versions or "completed" versions when I can. I'm usually late to the party and hate downloading multiple patches.
Gamepass seems like the best case scenario for going digital. At least you're not being lied to that you own anything.youre payign a subscription for access and that's fine if the price is right.
Paying for digital as it is right now imo is robbery.you dont own shit but in every way the companies selling the game to you pretend that they are.el
Paying for digital as it is right now imo is robbery.you dont own shit but in every way the companies selling the game to you pretend that they are.el
I've been all digital for a few years and the only thing I can't get access to is P.T. Sucks but I didn't pay anything for it so what can you do.
OT says publisher could lock out a game, that's not the same thing as not available to download anymore.
Reading your OT everyone thought you were talking about unability to launch the game. You can't blame a publisher to stop paying for making a game downloadable.
Thus you're right in the way buying a digital game is buying a licence that could be removed, but we need receipt of any known case.
This is a weird troll thread where the OP doesn't even understand his own premise.
One thing I did appreciate when getting an Xbox One was that many of the XBLA games I bought in the 360 gen were available to download and play via BC, linked to my account that I'd not used in years. Very cool. If this is a hint of what we're in for with the digital future then I'm quite happy with it. If PS5 is BC I'm going to have a huge library.
And as for gamepass, it's a rental service of course. But having had an Xbox One for about 5 months now, I'm yet to buy one single game for it, have played about 10 games, and I got over a year of GP for about ÂŁ50. That's some great value.
One thing I did appreciate when getting an Xbox One was that many of the XBLA games I bought in the 360 gen were available to download and play via BC, linked to my account that I'd not used in years. Very cool. If this is a hint of what we're in for with the digital future then I'm quite happy with it. If PS5 is BC I'm going to have a huge library.
And as for gamepass, it's a rental service of course. But having had an Xbox One for about 5 months now, I'm yet to buy one single game for it, have played about 10 games, and I got over a year of GP for about ÂŁ50. That's some great value.
I like how most people discuss digital as if this is a thing that actually happens.
- "X company remove Y game from store"
- "digital future", "lol", "I'm never going digital", "they are taking my games"
sigh...
You can't download the games you already own on your 360?
And Microsoft will do nothing to prevent this :/
I feel like you don't actually own any digital games. Yes, games can be pulled from sale but they're never removed from your library.
I went digital only years ago after my ps4 blu ray drive died. Never lost access to one of my digital games that I purchased. Only downside I see is that I don't get access from games a few days before release anymore (physical copies usually appear in the wild a bit earlier). So be it.
All you guys making fun of the OP really can't think of any reason a publisher would deactivate a game?
Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it can't. Licences, political shit like with Devotion, trying to sell something new, there could be lot's of reasons.
Personally I don't care much because I don't really replay old games, but acting like this is impossible is just silly....
Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it can't. Licences, political shit like with Devotion, trying to sell something new, there could be lot's of reasons.
Personally I don't care much because I don't really replay old games, but acting like this is impossible is just silly....
It's ok OP. Digital adoption rate isn't going to suddenly jump to 100% if you don't lie about the risks of buying games and movies digitally. You can let this one go.
OK so your proof is that they can? They can also release an update tomorrow and make your console incapable of playing any physical game. Try harder.
Games purchased but delisted from store can still be downloaded on Steam, including Devotion or license expired games.
Ok, give me 1 example of a publisher locking someone out of a game for anything less than a ban on a online service
Nearly every individuals who argue against digital future, tend to not have any first hand experience with digital download in the first place. Thus it is normal for them to hold bunch of misinformations
What's more likely is that every game I've bought digitally (or have access to via Game Pass or EA Access or Games with Gold) will be available for me to stream to any device if I subscribe to xCloud....in addition to playing it natively on my console (or PC).
Sometimes I feel like the people who clutch pearls over digital games are people who have exclusively used consoles that have poor online and account systems where they are forced to rebuy the same game every time its re-released.
Sometimes I feel like the people who clutch pearls over digital games are people who have exclusively used consoles that have poor online and account systems where they are forced to rebuy the same game every time its re-released.
