Sony has said it will no longer delete Discovery content from PlayStation libraries following fan backlash. In a statem…
Uhm, it says it reached a new agreement with WB that makes the bought content available, "“for at least the next 30 months”.
When that license expires and the PR winds are right, they’ll remove it permanently.
You still didn’t buy what you bought.
Just cause you paid for something doesn’t mean it’ll be on their servers forever.
The concept of ‘buy’ is nebulous when it’s something you can’t hold in your hands.
It’s only nebulous if you listen to lobbyists and corporations. Many people still know what it actually means to buy something.
No, buy means you own it. If they mean license, they should put that on the button instead of “buy.”
I don’t think anyone expects them to leave it on their servers forever, but there should be a way for customers to move those purchased products to another system (like a personal computer) for backup.
It should, provided the company still exists.
The space is negligible and selling something to customers without a license that permits you to serve them until the end of time should constitute fraud.
Were they able to correlate the downward trend in new hardware sales to the bad PR? Maybe they realized that if they erode trust with the consumer they can’t convince them to buy these disc less digital only consoles.
When they announced the removal of content, people outside of my normal tech bubble noticed and reached out to me about it so I think at least personally it had an effect.
I don’t believe the average PlayStation gamer gives a hoot about this issue.
Average. I said average. Not people on Lemmy or alien website. Those people are far from average.
I’m going to keep buying physical where I can. We can’t trust these revocable licenses
