While most laptops no longer feature an optical drive, the new Fujitsu FMV Note A does sport a Blu-ray drive so users can watch high-quality movies on the go without an internet connection.
You can literally pop a ps2 game and just play with pcsx2, don’t even have to rip it. Given the recent pushes towards “you’ll own nothing and fuck you if you don’t like it” it isn’t surprising to me that a company is offering a path back to media ownership.
Based on the specs for the machine, that’s the goal as well. I wouldn’t consider a 16 GB kit sufficient for much else than a media/web machine anymore, and that’s the default on the advertised rig
You should read the EULAs you sign when you Buy digital media.
If it isn’t on a physical device that someone can’t take away, you don’t own it, and even then you still have DRM in the way of you and the data you bought and paid for. That’s why game consoles are being sold without disc trays, and why services like game pass are being pushed so hard. The writing has been on the wall for years, and ubisoft’s director even said it out loud.
Emulation from backup file still requires somebody rip the game, and if you download that you’re stuck in a legal gray area, even if you own a physical copy of the game. For some, that’s a dealbreaker.
Yep physical media is for newbies. It has its place, for newbies, but soon enough you should graduate to a level where you don’t need it anymore. The Internet becomes a complete and easy to use library once you know where to find it. Yarr, matey, it simply be data archival an’ don’t let Davy Jones’ lawyers be tellin’ ye otherwise.
Retro gaming and media rips.
You can literally pop a ps2 game and just play with pcsx2, don’t even have to rip it. Given the recent pushes towards “you’ll own nothing and fuck you if you don’t like it” it isn’t surprising to me that a company is offering a path back to media ownership.
Based on the specs for the machine, that’s the goal as well. I wouldn’t consider a 16 GB kit sufficient for much else than a media/web machine anymore, and that’s the default on the advertised rig
One of the good things about emulating is not having to manage a bunch of discs.
Also, you still own media whether it’s on a disc or a disk. Laypeople think having media they can ‘see’ matters, but it really doesn’t.
You should read the EULAs you sign when you Buy digital media.
If it isn’t on a physical device that someone can’t take away, you don’t own it, and even then you still have DRM in the way of you and the data you bought and paid for. That’s why game consoles are being sold without disc trays, and why services like game pass are being pushed so hard. The writing has been on the wall for years, and ubisoft’s director even said it out loud.
Emulation from backup file still requires somebody rip the game, and if you download that you’re stuck in a legal gray area, even if you own a physical copy of the game. For some, that’s a dealbreaker.
I don’t care what EULAs or the law says.
Then my comment wasn’t for you 😊
Yep physical media is for newbies. It has its place, for newbies, but soon enough you should graduate to a level where you don’t need it anymore. The Internet becomes a complete and easy to use library once you know where to find it. Yarr, matey, it simply be data archival an’ don’t let Davy Jones’ lawyers be tellin’ ye otherwise.
…so do people not expect to upload their own rips anymore? Or is there a different process these days?