>>714883649
>>What's the alternative?
>Physical you absolute nigger.
Yeah I agree.... but I am dealing with things as they are now. Not living in the past or how I want them to be.
Now where can you get a physical copy of these a new game?
Let's use the example of Doom eternal.
>Buy Disc
>Disc only has a few MB of data on it to act as an unlock key for update
>Use update to distribute the game
>Force Disc to be a physical key
so now they just added an extra layer of bullshit to me playing a game I bought and I still don't own it.

I agree, physical ownership needs to come back in a big way. I was rooting for Switch 2 at first cause Nintendo was the last hold out for owning your games. Then switch 2 showed how fucked the future is for ownership.
>>714883506
GOG has a shot of being a 2nd place. Their partnership with Amazon has lead to big sales and Amazon prime satisfaction cause free monthly games.
But again, GOG has always been niche.
>>714883554
Yes and no. If you don't log on for a certain period the software doesn't work. You can get around this by going in your directories and loading what you have downloaded manually and so long as their is no DRM component it should work, but it has a minor DRM like function, and some DRM features.