Because when your ToS states you’re purchasing a license to play the game instead of the actual game itself, physical media becomes important.
What can you do if your favorite game is removed from your account? You have the option to pirate it. But console owners don’t without jailbreaking. Which gets harder and harder each generation.
Furthermore, ToS can be changed at any time, and the fines Sony will pay for a ToS violation doesn’t give you your game back. So a physical disk is a way to avoid random ToS changes.
The reason why you don’t (usually) see content completely removed from PC is because they know you can and will just pirate it if they take it away from you.
Because when your ToS states you’re purchasing a license to play the game instead of the actual game itself, physical media becomes important.
What can you do if your favorite game is removed from your account? You have the option to pirate it. But console owners don’t without jailbreaking. Which gets harder and harder each generation.
Furthermore, ToS can be changed at any time, and the fines Sony will pay for a ToS violation doesn’t give you your game back. So a physical disk is a way to avoid random ToS changes.
The reason why you don’t (usually) see content completely removed from PC is because they know you can and will just pirate it if they take it away from you.