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Discussions in the past about not being able to access digital gaming content that users had paid for... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a recollection of some long threads about some companies discontinuing gaming content and members of Lemmy having strong feelings and evidence about all this. I have been trying to search these older threads up but I can't find them. Does anyone remember these conversations? What companies were involved? Games? How much data was basically disappeared?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Not all digital games. If they're DRM free, and if the multiplayer allows for LAN, direct IP connections, private servers, etc; then they're built to last, arguably better so than physical media.