Breaking my rule only because I tire of these constant paranoia threads you start.
With the retro games being bought up by the masses and the modern gaming industry pushing all digital, what do you think will become of VGCOllect? I think if things keep going like they are today they will be nothing left, unless some new console replaces the modern stuff. I would not mind digital only games if there was a way I could keep and play the ones I bought for as long as I want to. But that is not the case.
This has been answered rather succinctly by Cartagia already.
VGCollect is explicitly not a physical only database. It is a database for individual titles and for people to track them - regardless of the platform or medium. You've made it clear that you don't utilize the site like anyone else. This site will be fine.
PC is where it is at now, I believe PC is the best value for your money in a digital only environment. Consoles are turning into crap, and I think a modern console is a waste of money. Just look at what SONY might do the the PlayStation 4, now we need to buy a PlayStation 5 to play all of our PlayStation 4 games. I think PS3 has hope, due to less restrictions, unless SONY releases an update to somehow disable the PlayStation 3 and stop it from working at all.
You REALLY need to get over boogeyman complex with Sony. It's as embarrassingly bad as when you spewed that hackers were trying to take over your 360 through a disc or some nonsense. Also,
there you go shilling for PC again. Are you on the hook with someone? HP? Dell? Do you not realize a lot of the same problems exist for PC and are probably even worse? How many servers for old PC games are forever offline? How many MMOs are kaput? How easy is it to put a Win95 game CD and play it on Win10? What about games on diskette? How long has it been since PCs had those?
I keep my PS3 and my Xbox360 offline because of this thought and I think we should all turn off our WIFI on our 7th generation video game consoles.
Do what you want you paranoid scaredy-cat but go pound sand telling any of the rest of us what we should do. Also, Cartagia had the perfect response to this as well...
It's your money, so do what you all want with it. If you don't care about getting ripped off that's fine. keep purchasing temporary access to your gaming, I think it's all bullshit, apparently a lot of people don't care. I am mostly angry that so many finished video game projects are just being tossed behind. it's like why bother making a video game? if companies are only going to trash it when it becomes old.
Believe it or not a LOT of video games and video game software have been forgotten in time, because of companies only care about money, not whether or not their own production and project stands the test of time, and is passed to future generations.
Never have I seen such hyperbole. This whole nonsense scenario you're griping about is a newer trend. I can hook up my 32-bit and prior stuff to a TV and they work JUST FINE. It's only an issue where the consoles have internet connectivity that require server handshakes and what not. Also, you're continually conflated old games not working with old games not being available. Pick a damn lane already. Like I said above, this is a BIGGER problem on that precious PC platform you're constantly shilling. Of course it's about the damn money, as others have pointed out in this thread, where's the money in maintaining servers for older, unsupported systems? Does it suck, YES, but it's practically inevitable.
If SONY ever does not remotely disable my PS3 somehow. If they do I hope to God they just die of the freking COVID 19, I don't care about them now. I have a whole collection of PS1 games I use my PS3 for and when if I somehow can't play them on my PS3 anymore I'll be pissed because I too would have purchased a whole entire collection of useless shit. And SONY is not even releasing a lot of games I got on their store front. Anyone reading this don't buy the PS5 fuck that shit
The PS5 is going to play PS4 and PS5 games so soon you will not be able to use your PS4 anymore excpect maybe Bluray movies
Nice unhinged response and totally cool wishing death on people.
You're annoying as all get-out but I'd never wish death upon on you regardless of how asinine your posts tend to get. If anything, you probably need some damn HELP to get your head right and stop drinking the Kool-Aid that Sony, hackers or whoever else is trying to ruin your life. Also, about PS1 games, if you're so eager to play them, they make these things called PlayStations you can play them on. They're quite plentiful and can be had at flea markets for the cost of a meal at a fast casual restaurant. Also, you might consider a PlayStation Classic or even PSN if you're so inclined.
I’m just quoting this garbage fire for posterity, lest he deletes it.
You left out the part where he's going to pray to God that everyone inlvolved in this wild fantasy dies of Covid. I mean, I think there would certainly think that there are better things to pray for, if that's your thing.
Indeed. Good to see other people on here are getting tired of the histrionics and paranoia of his posts/threads. There were a couple more quotes I was going to add but I'm running out of gas/will to care about these delusions. Dude needs to get some damn help and to stop posting these threads chock full of irrational fears (or at least post them with better articulation and less fear-mongering propaganda).