Game Discs Deserve to Die
THE SO WHAT
As physical media fades, the real control point becomes account-level access and backend licensing, not the plastic in your hand. If you build in any content ecosystem, assume ownership expectations will harden around portability, offline access, and refundability as consumers lose their last tangible anchor.
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