“It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing,” says guy who makes money selling the thing.

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Yeah keep that mindset and follow Blockbuster’s fate.

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Six months ago Cohen didn’t give a flying fuck about disc drives because he was selling the idea that you would soon buy all your games from GameStop on an NFT marketplace that they recently had to shut down because the SEC is cracking down on NFTs as Securities.

He gives a fuck now because his golden goose got shot in the head.

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In retrospect there were some advantages to Blockbuster compared to streaming services where stuff disappears every day.

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17 points

Besides Gamestop - I think it could be important. What if the servers shut up in the future? How do you get your purchased games?

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3 points

You download them and back them up. What happens if the disc is scratched or your buddy drops a blunt on it?

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5 points

Your buddy buys you a new disk…

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If they’re purely digital and drmed you can’t back them up.

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