Post #3547986

2026-06-26 03:04 UTC

You indeed failed to see the issue. It is not really wise to compare Steam with the console ecosystem, especially when there exists several alternatives to obtain games on PC. Physical discs matter more on consoles than on PCs, given that there is not a whole lot one can do if their account gets banned for the silliest of reasons, or if one wants to share a game. Also, have you thought that you might be referring to two different sets of customers: one that is fine with digital purchases on Steam/PSN, and the other that strongly supports physical purchases? Using a single example of GT is insufficient to make a broad statement like the one you made.

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@mechoman444@lemmy.world 2026-06-26 12:52

especially when there exists several alternatives to obtain games on PC. Not really sure what you mean here. Do you have a disk drive installed on your PC? If so how old is your case? Or when was the last time you had a car with a cd player in it? Or are you talking about any other store front like epic or battle.net? Because they’re all in competition with one another. Physical discs matter more on consoles than on PCs, given that there is not a whole lot one can do if their account gets banned for the silliest of reasons, or if one wants to share a game. This is categorically and objectively not true. Bans on consoles are few and far between and many times they actually brick the console itself. You’re not sharing games. No one is sharing games. The extreme vast majority of games are digital downloads. You’re not passing around your cartridge of super smash bros 64 between school mates in 2026. Also, have you thought that you might be referring to two different sets of customers No. Why would I do that? I don’t care. I own a PS4, a Steam Deck, and a gaming PC. They’re all fundamentally the same customer experience built on similar architecture. This is just a ridiculous argument. In fact, I feel like, deep down, you generally agree with my original comment but didn’t want to say so for fear of being ostracized by the community in this thread. It feels like you picked the most ridiculous, indefensible arguments against what I was saying and just ran with them.

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