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dimestoretajic asked:
Even the physical discs you get today often just contain the same internet-based installer that you'd download from the digital store.
So... is there even a point to buying physical discs anymore, especially for the purposes of preservation and keeping an inalienable collection? If all discs do is set up a download, when the servers go dark, your options for playing that game get severely curtailed. If not, are the options for preservation fully out of the layman's hands, or are there things regular folks like me can do to keep games available outside of corporate whims?
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- sassyseeker said: After they turned off the servers of Guitar Hero Live, only a small portion of it remained playable. A handful of songs I like at best. 95% of my fave songs were online and there’s nothing left. I’d settle for the songs without video if necessary, just so I could keep playing them. I spent a while away from the game and when I returned, it was dead like that. It was extra expensive because of the guitar controller too and now it’s just useless. I felt ripped-off.
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