L4sBotDisney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.
joelthelionI wonder what the impact on piracy will be? It’s probably harder to rip streaming services than it is to rip blu-rays…
brsrklfThere only needs to be a couple people knowing how to get a rip for it to end up everywhere.
If physical releases start disappearing everywhere, I can see piracy getting a significant boost. It will be the only way to “own” a movie and be sure you can still watch it whenever you want. Disney has been removing content from its service already, even some recent stuff.
I know Gabe Newell’s old quote is being parroted a lot but it’s relevant : “Piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue”. Steam may be a digital market, but it doesn’t require a continued paid subscription to access stuff you’ve paid for, and it doesn’t delist games whenever it feels like it.
FWIW, Gabe’s argument isn’t against subscriptions. The point in that quote is that legal access to content curbs piracy. Piracy will of course always exist, but there’s also customers that are willing to pay if is convenient and accessible.
exuNeeding to subscribe to multiple different services to get everything you’d want and them constantly upping the prices is a service problem, no?
It is, but people are too brainwashed into keep that suscription because it’s easier for the technologically challenged and they have already sunk so much money that they’d feel bad to admit they are just wasting it
it doesn’t delist games whenever it feels like it.
You’re still trusting a company to have your game library available in the future. Gaben will die at some point, someone will take over for him, we don’t know what will happen with Valve in 10, 20 or 30 years…
squidzorzGaben will die at some point
No
Maybe someone with a better grip on work teams and projects will finally come to an end and we’ll get HL3 at last!
KingThere are another dozen drm platforms you will survive
I mean, out of all the companies that I have boight stuff from, Valve is the one I trust the most
Why? Unless it’s DRM free and you’ve got a copy downloaded then your shit can be wiped out whenever they feel like it and it’s not as if accounts have never been banned from the platform, cutting people from thousands of dollars worth of stuff…
BlackmistBut it can remove music from games you already purchased.
Music licensing for games is bullshit, and physical (or a trip to the high seas) is the only way around it.