PlayStation is reportedly sending a lengthy survey to game developers with a question about how they sell physical games after their decision to stop producing physical game discs prompted intense backlash.

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    If you want to sell without discs, then you need to open your hardware up and allow storefront competition and DRM-free games.

    That’s why people are angry, not just because of the physical media aspect.

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      And while you’re at it, open up the OS so it’s more than just a game console. And it would be nice if it had interchangeable parts so we could customize the hardware.

      Wait a minute…

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        I think the next Xbox is supposed to be more open, but still, yeah, just a buy a PC… when it’s affordable… gulp

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          Magic 8-ball, when will PC prices be affordable?

          “Ask again later”

          Dammit, I think my magic 8-ball is busted. Whenever I ask about PC prices, it just keeps saying THAT!!!

          …except later never comes.

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      No kidding. I have literally thousands of games on PC, that are digital. But I also can run a script and have it download all my GOG games to a drive as a backup.

      I also have tons of digital music I bought, because I can download it.

      I don’t have any consoles newer than PS3 and 360, and I don’t buy digital movies. Because there is no guarantee the digital on those works forever.

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      I mean I’m angry about both but yes it’s largely because the last bastion of guaranteed access to something you purchased is being removed.

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    … fans are making their voices heard as loudly as possible, to the point where PlayStation itself is reportedly reaching out to game developers…

    And yet… Anybody else notice you can’t write in your reason for canceling PS+ (at least I couldn’t when I did it a few weeks ago)?

    I won’t spoil what the reason would have been but it wasn’t “not enough developer surveys”

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    This is what happens when the person running the business does not patronize the business and is only interested in short term profits.

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    Probably want to assess how much you spend vs how much you care for physical games.