All Digital Future - The Loss Of Physical Games And Media
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I'm assuming that digital game being removed that was reported earlier last month?
Any digital content can be removed at any time and it's possible for the user to lose access.
See what Sony are doing with Funimation
There was a large conversation about this when Sony removed all Discover content from their user's libraries.
PlayStation is removing hundreds of Discovery shows that users already purchased
PlayStation users who bought any of the hundreds of listed Discovery programs won't be able to access the content as of December 31, Sony said.
www.businessinsider.com
Apparently, it wasn't the first time they had done something like this. However, losing access to a purchased good, digital or not, is anti-consumer and cause for concern. The more things like this happen, the less consumers will have confidence in their digital purchases.
It’s Vegeta essential bald but has that combover spike to distract you from his receding hairline?
Wonder if they had any good sales or they were all the same price price just had sale stickers on the
Disney Strikes Deal for Sony to Take Over Its DVD, Blu-ray Disc Business
Disney is outsourcing part of its home entertainment division to Sony, which will manufacture, distribute and market the Mouse House's physical media.
variety.com
They did it again…
'For the last few months, there has been a bug impacting a relatively small amount of PlayStation Network users, in which all digital licences (including purchased games and titles added to one's library via PlayStation Plus) become decoupled from your transaction history which shows you purchased those things,' Dsuds said in their post.
The bug wipes games from your account, and to make it worse Dsuds adds that if you're affected by the bug you can't re-download the missing games, as your PlayStation account won't let you.
PlayStation has yet to comment on the issue publicly, but it is aware of it, according to Dsuds. Metro has also reached out to Sony for comment.
'For the last few months, there has been a bug impacting a relatively small amount of PlayStation Network users, in which all digital licences (including purchased games and titles added to one's library via PlayStation Plus) become decoupled from your transaction history which shows you purchased those things,' Dsuds said in their post.
The bug wipes games from your account, and to make it worse Dsuds adds that if you're affected by the bug you can't re-download the missing games, as your PlayStation account won't let you.
PlayStation has yet to comment on the issue publicly, but it is aware of it, according to Dsuds. Metro has also reached out to Sony for comment.
"Stop Killing Games" is a new campaign to prevent publishers from taking their titles offline
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