What Are you Playing Now & General Game Discussions

[Shake n Blake]

(11-04-2021, 09:16 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: Well its good and bad.

Some games do get removed due to license agreements.   Forza is definitely one of those currently the only one for purchase is horizon 4. and 5 thats out in a few days  But the older games were only removed from being able to be purchased digitally. if you already own them you can still download and have access.

Now Xbox was gonna add something that allowed you to sell your digital games at the beginning of Xbox 1... But everyone booed it out of existence back then. (DMR)

I like digital purchases for the fact they can go everywhere your account is...  But it also has its draw backs as you stated if you lose your account get banned or some other issue you can lose content.  (but pyshical stuff has drawbacks too..)

Cloud gaming is going bring some interesting results. and is what made Flight sim possible  Kojima and Sega are both looking at making a cloud game. 

game pass ultimate on a year if you pay full price is the cost of 3 full games for constant access to 400+ games (not always the same games) on xbox and pc and anywhere cloud will get you now...   Can be expensive or cheaper than gaming depending on how many games you play a year.  (i dont use gamepass btw  well not yet at least maybe this next year ill jump in)

we will start to see Subscript services get consolidated now there is too many out there.

Balance is key. That said, companies will push digital hard, because it gives them all the power and control, removes production costs for physical games, and keeps people from buying/playing used games.

Companies are already pushing all digital systems and rewarding people more for digital purchases.

Consumers just have to fight to keep balance. I guess the only real way to do so is to mostly buy physical when possible, although I understand many people prefer digital. I just wish everyone would be aware of what the long term effects could be.