Physical media alone does not guarantee that. You need a legal framework that forbids mandatory online activation. Actually better forbid them from binding a physical game at all cause or you should never connect your console to the internet.
But if we manage to get those rights we can also get the right to transferable software in general.
If the physical media game requires a server connection, how is it ownership, exactly? The corpo can still effectively take away the product from you by shutting down the servers. Or banning you.
“Plastic stuff” doesn’t give you rights. Laws give you rights.
So what makes a game on a disk that does not require internet connection to run/activate better than a game distributed GOG style where once you get the game it also no longer requires an internet connection?
Obviously the GOG-style distro is the best, closely followed by your game-on-disc. Sony Playstation does not give you games GOG-style and will stop disc games by January 2028.
I feel like we should strive for both, the actual ownership and the physical media
What does physical media actually give you?
The ability to trade or barter it again after purchase.
Physical media alone does not guarantee that. You need a legal framework that forbids mandatory online activation. Actually better forbid them from binding a physical game at all cause or you should never connect your console to the internet.
But if we manage to get those rights we can also get the right to transferable software in general.
A shortcut to actual ownership
If the physical media game requires a server connection, how is it ownership, exactly? The corpo can still effectively take away the product from you by shutting down the servers. Or banning you.
“Plastic stuff” doesn’t give you rights. Laws give you rights.
We actively avoid those games that require server connections
So what makes a game on a disk that does not require internet connection to run/activate better than a game distributed GOG style where once you get the game it also no longer requires an internet connection?
Obviously the GOG-style distro is the best, closely followed by your game-on-disc. Sony Playstation does not give you games GOG-style and will stop disc games by January 2028.
So you do acknowledge that it’s not the medium of distribution, but rather the setup of the game itself that matters?
Thankfully, not all games need to phone home
That’s true for games not on physical media as well.
So?
Those games distributed through a platform like GOG also won’t phone home, so where’s the difference?
GOG don’t sell games on consoles?
Are you just refusing to answer the question because you know you would have to cede your point…?
I did answer, the difference is GOG don’t sell games for consoles, so GOG alone are not the solution.