> You own the physical game.

When it comes to consoles - you do not.

j45 a day ago | parent [-]

Are you saying physical discs can be disabled once the console and disc are in the hands of the owner?

	▲	pezezin 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You might own the disc, but what about the optical drive that has to read that disc? That is already happening with the 5th (PS1/SS/N64) and 6th generation (DC/PS2/GC/XB) consoles, the optical drives are dying and there are no proper replacements. Congratulations, you own the disc but you can't read it anymore.
	▲	0x457 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		- some games require online server (See The Crew) - some games change with updates (try to play destiny 2 red war story line with your physical disc that you can still buy for some reason despite game being free) - Nintendo can block specific cartridges (only thing that step Xbox and PS from doing that now is that it's not implemented on their end) - some games have separate online pass and/or DLC codes that can only activated once - on PC CDs used to come with a cd-key you had to activate (still do?) - See Xbox One 2013 DRM plan Only way to "own" a game is to have a pirated version of a game regardless of a platform.