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To be fair, this is little different to buying a game on the PlayStation Store or Xbox Store. As soon as those go offline, you will no longer be able to downloa

To be fair, this is little different to buying a game on the PlayStation Store or Xbox Store. As soon as those go offline, you will no longer be able to download those games. And so you'll be at the mercy of the lifespan of the hard drive. You won't be able to copy the games to another device as it won't be able to validate ownership.

zeusk 7y ago
To be fair, PlayStation and Xbox have a lot longer and reliable track record compared to Google products. And so, you'll be at the mercy of the lifespan of yet another Google product.
paxys 7y ago
An Xbox can play all games that have already been downloaded and all physical disks indefinitely, regardless of whether you have internet or whether Microsoft's servers are up.
- nathankunicki 7y ago
  While correct, that was not the point made in my comment. For downloaded games, once the service has gone offline, you are at the mercy of the lifespan of the hard drive. If I had a physical disc, I could just buy another when it goes bad.
  - nightski 7y ago
    Not sure about Xbox because I haven't owned it in a while but PS4 lets you copy your system drive to a new drive pretty easily. The function is even built into the OS. I switched out the hard drive to an SSD using this technique.
    - nathankunicki 7y ago
      It only works as long as the console is signed into the same account as used on the original hard drive.
supernovae 7y ago
This isn't being fair, this is projecting valid fears of a new service and comparing them to other platforms that haven't experienced said fears on any scale to make such a comparison valid to begin with. We all know when MS or Sony get punched, they come back and swing harder. When Google gets punched, are they ready to dump another billion in to surviving or will they cancel and run? Google isn't known for long tail losess on new launches.

zeusk 7y ago

To be fair, PlayStation and Xbox have a lot longer and reliable track record compared to Google products. And so, you'll be at the mercy of the lifespan of yet another Google product.

paxys 7y ago

An Xbox can play all games that have already been downloaded and all physical disks indefinitely, regardless of whether you have internet or whether Microsoft's servers are up.

nathankunicki 7y ago
While correct, that was not the point made in my comment. For downloaded games, once the service has gone offline, you are at the mercy of the lifespan of the hard drive. If I had a physical disc, I could just buy another when it goes bad.
- nightski 7y ago
  Not sure about Xbox because I haven't owned it in a while but PS4 lets you copy your system drive to a new drive pretty easily. The function is even built into the OS. I switched out the hard drive to an SSD using this technique.
  - nathankunicki 7y ago
    It only works as long as the console is signed into the same account as used on the original hard drive.

supernovae 7y ago

This isn't being fair, this is projecting valid fears of a new service and comparing them to other platforms that haven't experienced said fears on any scale to make such a comparison valid to begin with. We all know when MS or Sony get punched, they come back and swing harder. When Google gets punched, are they ready to dump another billion in to surviving or will they cancel and run? Google isn't known for long tail losess on new launches.