I used to check out CD-ROM games from my library all the time as a kid. Most of them were designed to only be run while the disk was in the tray and I was 6 and hadn’t learned piracy yet lol
Most modern PCs lack an optical drive and even considering externals exist, I don’t think there are many PC game publishers that do physical releases these days :( so it’s kind of a big ask for a library to maintain a stock of retro computing disks, many of which are now really valuable
that being said, book publishers have been granting lendable ebook licenses for years. if they figured it out, game publishers could. but there’s no profit motive for it like there is for selling licenses to libraries since PC gaming doesn’t have a hundreds of years old lending model culture :(
how would they offer to “lend” a game on PC?
I used to check out CD-ROM games from my library all the time as a kid. Most of them were designed to only be run while the disk was in the tray and I was 6 and hadn’t learned piracy yet lol
Most modern PCs lack an optical drive and even considering externals exist, I don’t think there are many PC game publishers that do physical releases these days :( so it’s kind of a big ask for a library to maintain a stock of retro computing disks, many of which are now really valuable
that being said, book publishers have been granting lendable ebook licenses for years. if they figured it out, game publishers could. but there’s no profit motive for it like there is for selling licenses to libraries since PC gaming doesn’t have a hundreds of years old lending model culture :(
Yup, but I don’t know the knowledge of all PC gamers so just trying to be helpful to everyone who reads the comment.
This game will self destruct in two weeks