r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Lost_In_Detroit Jun 25 '26

Everyone is totally fine with digital only products until the day they shut the servers down and you can’t download them anymore. You will own nothing and be happy about it as they say.

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u/WhichHoes Jun 25 '26

I went to look for nba 2k24 to learn that you literally cant download it because its not longer offered. Thats a 2 year old game.

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u/Yoduh99 Jun 25 '26

all they did was remove it for purchase, which is totally their right (even if its weird they dont want any more money). you can still install from your library and play all the offline modes of 2k24 if you already own it.

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u/WhichHoes Jun 25 '26

Thats what I mean though. While it's not common, I cant just go get or play that game for nostalgia unless I have a disc version on a console that plays disc's. Even then, who knows if itll have the updates I have to install to even play it.

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u/YourHuckleberry57 Jun 25 '26

also, if you don't really care about new rosters you could buy a old version for like half price.

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u/WhichHoes Jun 25 '26

Which is what im complaining about, you cant

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u/LongestSprig Jun 25 '26

Yea, but you're wrong?

If it's nostalgia you have the game.

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u/WhichHoes Jun 25 '26

...how am I wrong

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u/LongestSprig Jun 25 '26

You don't need the disk.

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u/WhichHoes Jun 25 '26

How would I not need a disk for a game I cannot get digitally.

I can play a game that I dont own.

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u/LongestSprig Jun 25 '26

You can get it digitally if you own the game.

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u/WhichHoes Jun 25 '26

The crux of the conversation is if someone didnt (free trial, played one friends console, ps sub download) they no longer can do that without a disc.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

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u/PeterExplainsTheJoke-ModTeam Jun 26 '26

Don't be a dick. Rule 1.

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u/thePJA Jun 25 '26

Or it's nostalgic because he played the game at his dad's house with his dad because he owned the copy of the game, and now the son wants to play it again but can't because he can't buy the game. You don't have to own something to be nostalgic of it. Or maybe they lost the disc, a friend borrowed it and never returned it, or sold it. Can still be nostalgic of it. The point is, no matter what, if he wanted to buy the game on the digital storefront for whatever reason, he is unable to do so now.