the ‘stop killing games movement’ is more important in my opinion than the physical drive issue. you can have the game dvd and not be able to play it if there are no more servers, or the studio simply shuts down the game.
They are very closely linked, though. You are not incorrect, but the vast majority of games shipped on disc can be played without servers, etc. Once they take those physical discs away, the only way to get them will be digital distribution, which is way more prone to being shut down than every disc in existence being destroyed.
the ‘stop killing games movement’ is more important in my opinion than the physical drive issue. you can have the game dvd and not be able to play it if there are no more servers, or the studio simply shuts down the game.
They are very closely linked, though. You are not incorrect, but the vast majority of games shipped on disc can be played without servers, etc. Once they take those physical discs away, the only way to get them will be digital distribution, which is way more prone to being shut down than every disc in existence being destroyed.