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When I wrote, barely six weeks ago<\/a>, that I liked to occasionally re-read Tom Bramwell’s “Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile<\/a>” editorial to remind me what it’s all about, I didn’t mean I wanted to actually re-write a tribute act version of that article myself. I also didn’t mean I wanted to be writing something like it so soon after bringing it up. And I definitely<\/em> didn’t mean I wanted to have to re-write it not once, but twice, within the space of a few days. I already had to take one stab at it just last week, as the impervious Rockstar nudged the first domino in the ultimate collapse of physical video game media<\/a>. Now, it’s Sony’s turn. Only this time it’s the big one.<\/p>\n

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When I wrote, barely six weeks ago, that I liked to occasionally re-read Tom Bramwell’s “Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile” editorial to remind me what it’s all about, I didn’t mean I wanted to actually re-write a tribute act version of that article myself. I also didn’t mean I wanted to be writing something like it so soon after bringing it up. And I definitely didn’t mean I wanted to have to re-write it not once, but twice, within the space of a few days. I already had to take one stab at it just last week, as the impervious Rockstar nudged the first domino in the ultimate collapse of physical video game media. Now, it’s Sony’s turn. Only this time…<\/p>\n

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