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Comment by tobyhinloopen | Hacker News Reader

This is why I buy disks

A lot of games are download only, not to mention DLC (Downloadable Content, aka expansions).

If you have enough patience you can usually just wait for an edition to come out with all the dlc bundled. (if the game is suitably popular)

Buying discs is fine, but you still need a license/key. That license then often needs to be activated online or tied to an account and... no benefit to having discs at all.

Console game discs do not require a license key, the disc itself is the key. Apart from not having to fear losing your account and thus the game, you also get the added benefit of being able to sell or trade the game.

Not to be that guy, but it's disc when you're referring to optical media [1]. Unless you're trying to say that you're fed up with an awful digital ecosystem and you just buy physical disks like Frisbees and vinyl ;)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc

Do they come with a time machine?

I know that the Xbox 360 doesn't allow offline play. I wouldn't be surprised if inserting the disc automatically and permanently ties some unique serial number to your account.

Do you mean the Xbox One? I know my 360 was disconnected from the internet for a long time and I played games on it just fine.

Duh, brain on. Yes, the Xbox One.

None of that is true. There's a healthy market in second-hand discs for all of these console platforms.

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