The problem with physical game copies is they don't really sell physical game copies anymore. What's on the plastic disc you buy is an unplayable mess, or even just a key, and the game you're actually going to play gets downloaded the first time you put the media in.

And the newer games require always-online play so they can phone home when you launch them.

I know it’s not really full ownership in the same way but I’d also remind folks that digital movie purchases still exist and are often a very good value. My library is full of movies that cost me $5 or less. One example is Lawrence of Arabia in a beautiful 4K transfer. I’d recommend Apple for this as their streaming quality is top notch: they are cinephiles over there.

Also, you really don’t need a blu ray player investment to just buy blu rays, rip them with a USB blu ray reader, toss them on self-hosted jellyfin. It’s really better than the blu-ray player experience especially since you can rip 4K blu-rays without having to invest in the rather limited selection of expensive players.

My third suggestion is to just skip all this and sail the seas.

You could have downloaded the film from the high seas for free and saved the €1.

I really hoped Microsoft was gonna fix COD, they just destroyed it all.

I have an XSX, GamePass has been cancelled for years, X360 physical media has never been so fun.

XSX will only play single player game with physical media, everything else moved to Steam even tho I never liked much playing on PC.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"