Game news Players will soon no longer own their video games? It seems inevitable!
While the debate between dematerialized and physical games had returned to the forefront with Alan Wake 2, it is now starting again with a vengeance.
Could the future of video games be entirely digital? In any case, this is the opinion of Philippe Tremblay-Gauthier, director of subscriptions at Ubisoft for the Ubisoft + service.. “People have gotten used to not owning their CD or DVD collection. It’s a transformation that’s been a little slower to happen for games. Players are feeling more and more comfortable in this area. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. It has not been deleted. So it’s about being comfortable with not owning your game,” he explains at GamesIndustry. Today, there are almost no physical games on PC, but for consoles, the good old covers are still very present.
What we think of this debate
A response which was rather poorly received, particularly on Attic player. In our JV debate, we have two opposing opinions. On the one hand, we have Panthaa, a PC player since 2003 and therefore used to buying his games digitally. He understands that the director of subscriptions is promoting Ubisoft +. On the other hand, Kaname says that it is obvious that players make sure to own their titles to be able to play them 10 years later without problems and thinks that Philippe Tremblay-Gauthier expressed himself in this way in order to create a debate.
On the Ubisoft + platform, these are in-house productions, there should be no risk that the present catalog disappears from the platform. But nothing is impossible since The Crew is being removed from all online stores before its servers close in 2024. The reason is due to a licensing problem. Therefore, those who own the title were able to receive a refund, for long-time players, no announcement has been made. Many arguments seem to go one way or the other. We invite you to discover them in our JV debate above.