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jawa_ wrote:

Lotus wrote:...Stuff like this will only happen more frequently in the future. With the push towards digital-only, people won't have the option to keep hold of their games like they can with physical media. The old/cheap version of a game will get removed, and/or access to people's existing copies, and people will be expected to buy it again at full-price or near full-price after some minor tweaks or just a straight re-release.

Lotus! You're bang on! I think it's an old and un-cool saying now, but... you're dropping truth bombs here!

Knoyleo wrote:Weird, PC has been digital only for a long time and rarely suffers from those problems.

BID0 wrote:I don't know why people keep talking about losing access to digital games.

I think your discs and cartridges are far more likely to degrade or you even have hardware failure long before someone like Microsoft go bankrupt.

BID0 wrote:I don't know why people keep talking about losing access to digital games...

BID0 wrote:I don't know why people keep talking about losing access to digital games.

I think your discs and cartridges are far more likely to degrade or you even have hardware failure long before someone like Microsoft go bankrupt.

Victor Mildew wrote:

BID0 wrote:I don't know why people keep talking about losing access to digital games.

I think your discs and cartridges are far more likely to degrade or you even have hardware failure long before someone like Microsoft go bankrupt.

P.T. from the PS4 was removed from the ps shop and is no longer available, even if you 'own' it.

Outrun 2 is gone due to the ferrari licence, and so on.

BID0 wrote:

Victor Mildew wrote:

BID0 wrote:I don't know why people keep talking about losing access to digital games.

I think your discs and cartridges are far more likely to degrade or you even have hardware failure long before someone like Microsoft go bankrupt.

P.T. from the PS4 was removed from the ps shop and is no longer available, even if you 'own' it.

Outrun 2 is gone due to the ferrari licence, and so on.

I don’t know what PT is but you really can’t launch the game anymore if you have it? Same for Outrun? And you can with a disc?

Sounds shitty on Sonys part

Knoyleo wrote:

jawa_ wrote:

Lotus wrote:...Stuff like this will only happen more frequently in the future. With the push towards digital-only, people won't have the option to keep hold of their games like they can with physical media. The old/cheap version of a game will get removed, and/or access to people's existing copies, and people will be expected to buy it again at full-price or near full-price after some minor tweaks or just a straight re-release.

Lotus! You're bang on! I think it's an old and un-cool saying now, but... you're dropping truth bombs here!

Weird, PC has been digital only for a long time and rarely suffers from those problems.

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He also noted the inclusion of Undead Nightmare in the Switch and PS4 port, calling the zombie-themed DLC a "great standalone game in its own right when it was originally released, so we feel like it's a great bundle for the first time, and certainly a great value for consumers."

Sony is removing access to hundreds of movies and TV shows on its PlayStation Store service next month (August 2022), meaning users that previously paid for titles such as Paddington and The Hunger Games will no longer be able to watch them. The shutdown affects users in Germany and Austria, according to legal notices posted on the two regional sites, and covers films produced by StudioCanal.

Notices posted to the PlayStation website blame “evolving license agreements with content providers” for the change, and say that purchased content will be removed from customers’ video libraries.

According to Variety, the change affects 314 titles in Germany and 137 in Austria. Affected titles include Chicken Run, John Wick, La La Land, Logan Lucky, Saw, Shaun the Sheep Movie, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s unclear whether refunds will be offered to affected customers.

KK wrote:A load of films were actually pulled from the PlayStation Store in some regions, even if you had purchased them:

Sony is removing access to hundreds of movies and TV shows on its PlayStation Store service next month (August 2022), meaning users that previously paid for titles such as Paddington and The Hunger Games will no longer be able to watch them. The shutdown affects users in Germany and Austria, according to legal notices posted on the two regional sites, and covers films produced by StudioCanal.

Notices posted to the PlayStation website blame “evolving license agreements with content providers” for the change, and say that purchased content will be removed from customers’ video libraries.

According to Variety, the change affects 314 titles in Germany and 137 in Austria. Affected titles include Chicken Run, John Wick, La La Land, Logan Lucky, Saw, Shaun the Sheep Movie, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s unclear whether refunds will be offered to affected customers.

I don't know if Sony issued refunds (or on request), but you'd imagine so.