Episode Details

Remember when you bought a game and it was yours — to keep, lend, or resell? That's quietly disappearing. In this clip we get into where it went.

Malcolm and Thomas break down the gaming industry's pricing strategies and the shift from physical to digital media — what you actually give up when your library lives on a server instead of a shelf. Then they look ahead at where gaming is going, from new technology to new business models, and what "owning" a game will even mean in a few years. It's a gaming conversation on the surface, but it's really about the bigger move toward renting everything.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 — Gaming Industry Pricing

54:22 — Digital vs Physical Media

56:02 — The Future of Gaming

📊 Key takeaways from this segment:

• Gaming prices are climbing while what you actually own is shrinking

• Going all-digital means giving up the ability to keep, lend, or resell your games

• The future of gaming is really a preview of "you own nothing, you rent everything"

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