I’ve always been okay with keeping gaming libraries digital - but I think the larger console population might be okay with that too if we could disconnect digital games from account-based ownership - the kind where a company can go “Oh, whoops, we lost the license to this fart sound effect. We’re going to have to remove this game from your library.”
That’s called releasing your games on GOG, modding in missing assets, or easy piracy, all PC-centric features.
There is no way in hell any console platform would allow that level of untethered ownership ever again. Nintendo was the last one, and it’s gone with the switch 2.
I’ve always been okay with keeping gaming libraries digital - but I think the larger console population might be okay with that too if we could disconnect digital games from account-based ownership - the kind where a company can go “Oh, whoops, we lost the license to this fart sound effect. We’re going to have to remove this game from your library.”
That’s called releasing your games on GOG, modding in missing assets, or easy piracy, all PC-centric features.
There is no way in hell any console platform would allow that level of untethered ownership ever again. Nintendo was the last one, and it’s gone with the switch 2.