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Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future” (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is why we have governments and regulations. The current situation is one for consumer protections to step in. There needs to be a legal way to "burn" any game onto a physical media for archiving, preservation and transfer purposes. This needs to be written into law and enforced.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Without copyright and patents, none of this would matter at all.