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  • Even if you can’t play the game, the fact that the disc is required to play the game as a method of license management still holds inherent value.

    Just because Sony locks you out, it doesn’t negate the resale value. And even if Sony kills your account and blacklist your console, there would be nothing stopping you from buying a new PS5 and play it completely offline with a local account. You’d be SOL with digital-only licenses.


  • What it does is that it moves the license management from a physical thing you own and can trade for, to an account-based digital license that is centrally managed by the platform owners.

    What happens when the platform reaches its end of life, or if an account is stolen, has a different outcome based on physical vs digital.