Game news Will players soon no longer own their video games? It looks irresistible!
While the debate between dematerialized and physical games returned to the forefront with Alan Wake 2, it’s now starting again with a vengeance.
Could the future of video games be completely 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 keeping their CD or DVD collection. It’s a change that’s been a little slow 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 to GamesIndustry. Today, there are almost no physical games on PC, but for consoles, the good old covers are still very present.
Philippe Tremblay-Gauthier from Ubisoft+
What do we think about this debate?
A response that was very poorly received, especially on Attic Player. In our JV discussion, we have two opposing views. On one hand, we have Pantha, a PC player since 2003 and thus used to buy its games digitally. It makes sense that the director of subscriptions is promoting Ubisoft +. On the other hand, Kaname says that it’s clear that players want to make sure they own their titles to be able to play them after 10 years without problems, and thinks that Philippe Tremblay-Gauthier expressed himself in this way to create discussion.
On the Ubisoft + platform, these are in-house productions, there should be no risk that the current catalog will disappear from the platform. But nothing is impossible as Crew is being removed from all online stores before its servers shut down in 2024. The reason for this is the licensing issue. So, those who own the title were able to get a refund, for long time players, no announcement was made. Many arguments go one way or the other. We invite you to explore them in our JV discussion above.
