In the modern video gaming age, the rise of digital content is more prominent now than ever for better or worse, with each side of the digital and physical media forms offering compelling arguments.
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As for physical media, sure it might take a tiny bit of effort to swap over a disc and as a disabled man, that is most certainly a convenience. However, we own that physical content despite what anyone says, and unless we sell or lose it, that content is ours to keep forever, thus taking a lot of control away from the publisher. I can certainly see cases from both sides of the fence but I think it will be a very sad day if physical video games andmoviesare eradicated from production.
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Now in the ninth console generation, publishers' desire to have control over the content we “own” is perhaps stronger than ever, such as the Ubisoft executive who recently told consumersnot to get comfortableowning our games. We’ve even seen certain Collector Edition’s not come with a physical disc across both PlayStation and Xbox. So with all that in mind, it should come as no surprise that publishers may also now be attempting to dwindle out physical disc purchases in the digital age which is now more of a focus in the minds of bigwig shareholders.
In arecent tweetfrom Twitter user Cheap Ass Gamer, an alleged image was shown of US retailer GameStop’s internal system. In that image were five upcoming but fairly unknown titles. Those games areHammerwatch 2 Chronicles,Smalland Survive the Wilds,Taxi Life,Tintin Reporter CigarsandWelcome to ParadiZe. Physical copies of those gamers were set to be shipped for sale but were marked as “currently unavailable,” all of which were coming to Xbox Series X/S.
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Topics:Microsoft,Xbox,Xbox Game Pass,Xbox One,Xbox Series S,Xbox Series X
