PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For

[MeachTheMonster]

As usual some of you are conflating “digital” with “streaming”

Owning a game/movie and digitally storing it on your local drive is just as safe (even more so) as physical media.

These people are losing the ability to stream content.

 

[CarltonJunior]

It's pretty clear and obvious at this point that physical media is the way to go. Best Buy's annoying smh

Plex gang

I just wish I liked Plex's interface more, but I plan to buy a new, high budget PC for my living room and when I do I'll probably start having Plex be my main media server

 

[-DMP-]

Hand cuff it if you love it (aka BUY it)

 

[Mindfield333]

This is more of a reason for me to get a cd/dvd writer. I don’t use them like that but I like having access to media without the internet

 

[The G.O.D II]

Yall cheer this digital bullshyt too. physical till I die.

 

[-DMP-]

This is more of a reason for me to get a cd/dvd writer. I don’t use them like that but I like having access to media without the internet

I wish we could make back ups of console games and play them legally on our console.

I know we can technically make back ups but we have no way to play them.

That’s why I’m glad 4K Blu-ray’s come with the digital copy. Win win

 

[Diondon]

This is Discovery's fault but concerning nonetheless

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

We are up to like 90% of all games being sold digital.

Makes zero sense for anyone to still be slumming around with discs, from the stores to publishers.

 

[Methodical]

gaming is headed toward a very dark place that I don’t want to be a part of

I remember I bought Dreamfall: The Longest Journey digital game on Xbox 360 then two months later they removed it due to license issues and I got mad, pissed off and called them that I want my money back and they said I cant get a refund and nothing they can do about it.

 

[Instant Classic]

I don't mind a digital future, but there needs to be laws to protect consumers. If content gets removed from a service, then they should provide a DRM free way to use content or provide a full refund for content. I know there's most likely something written in the terms of the agreement that states we're renting the content, but we still need laws against that

 

[Family Lives Matter]

B B b B but trust these.companies and let's all go digital only.


Who needs physical

 

[Bathing Ape]

As usual some of you are conflating “digital” with “streaming”

Owning a game/movie and digitally storing it on your local drive is just as safe (even more so) as physical media.

These people are losing the ability to stream content.

This

 

[Rembrandt]

I remember I bought Dreamfall: The Longest Journey digital game on Xbox 360 then two months later they removed it due to license issues and I got mad, pissed off and called them that I want my money back and they said I cant get a refund and nothing they can do about it.

That's strange. You can download delisted games if you own them on Xbox. Delisted just means they can't sell it, not that it doesn't work

 

[winb83]

As usual some of you are conflating “digital” with “streaming”

Owning a game/movie and digitally storing it on your local drive is just as safe (even more so) as physical media.

These people are losing the ability to stream content.

The content was purchased and owned. You could at one point download it to multiple PlayStation devices.

https://www.engadget.com/2008-07-15-playstation-network-gets-single-sign-on-across-devices.html

What's more, the content is "portable," meaning that videos downloaded on your PS3 can be watched on multiple PSPs. It doesn't look like movies can be purchased in HD, but downloads are progressive so content starts playing a minute after you hit begin the download.

This is all confusing because is sounds like they’re totally revoking access and because it was a download service they’re nuking access to it even if you have it. Maybe they’re no longer making the items downloadable and it can only be played on the hardware purchased on. It’s not clear.

 

[winb83]

Sounds like it started out as a download service on the PS3 and in the PS4 generation Sony removed the option to download and only allowed watching on demand.

For some of these customers they legit purchased a digital copy of these series and had the rug pulled from under them twice. The first time when the ability to download the content they purchased was removed and the second time when the ability to watch the content on demand was removed.

Congrats if you still have a PS3 with that content you purchased on it. You can still watch it there at least. Since the ability to download was removed doubtful you can transfer it.