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Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by z0r »

gdulli wrote: post #57
pryelluw wrote: post #25

Guess I’m throwing my PS5 out the window and going to PC. This war on physical media is ridiculous. Pretty soon they’re going to require us to buy the console but rent the controllers for the very low price of $79.99 a month.

Steam normalized the loss of resale rights on PC long before the consoles caught up. Younger people don't even realize it's a right that prior generations gave up.

Steam has existed for an eternity compared to any console specific game store. It's not great that you can't resell what you have on Steam, but at least you get to 'keep' it.

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by seanalltogether »

I've reached an age where I don't actually buy games anymore, I just load up my wishlist with games and between Christmas, birthday and fathers day I get all the games I will care to play for the year. My wife, parents, extended family likes being able to buy me a physical gift, wrap it, and hand it to me. I understand that this is just getting rid of the disc and keeping the box, but pretty soon there's gonna be no box either, and I know my wife will hate the idea of just handing me a gift card on special days. I just hate how all physical products are evaporating.

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by bigfishrunning »

fluoridation wrote: post #71
bigfishrunning wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's important to note that that vendor specific computer is 1) cheaper then a PC that can play equivalent games, and 2) much more reliable (i never have to mess with drivers, updates just work, etc...)

>cheaper then a PC that can play equivalent games There are no savings to be had. What you don't pay one way you pay another. >much more reliable (i never have to mess with drivers, updates just work, etc...) So do you not own a computer? How do you avoid dealing with those issues, otherwise?

I own several computers, and I use them for work. Running games on them means either running windows or running an emulation layer, and both solutions are unreliable messes. High end graphics cards are generally very expensive and have required binary-blobs that are really hard to troubleshoot, and (in my experience) always have problems.

If I want to play a video game, I turn on my PlayStation and it just works and I don't have to think about it or troubleshoot anything. This has not been my experience with PC gaming.

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by bakies »

ktallett wrote: post #40
phire wrote: post #23

With this news, I have to wonder how much longer bluray will live. Will we continue seeing new bluray releases of movies and TV shows for decades, or are their days numbered? The loss of console gaming presumably removes a guaranteed revenue source that was keeping Bluray pressing plants alive. Sales of DVDs and Bluray have been declining for years [1] [3] . Some people have been excited pushing the news that UHD blu…

They won't be releasing new Blu Rays for decades. Outside of collectors, why would they? Unless there is a hidden market for the discs elsewhere it's not worth it

Libraries :(

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by officeplant »

ZiiS wrote: post #65
dice wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was having this discussion with my 9 year old yesterday. He mentioned that a friend had Rocket League on their Switch 2 and "it didn't even need a game card". I told him that anything without a physical card can be taken away, the company that made it can decide to take it back or to stop letting it work. Compared that to my old DS which he found along with game cards for Lego Star Wars and Scribblenauts that still…

Be aware that many (most) new games with physical disks can also be taken away (see Concord).

We must simply raise kids to understand the pitfalls of live service games and how they should never be trusted or given money.

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by officeplant »

Noe2097 wrote: post #28

Wow that doesn't sound great. We won't own games anymore, we won't be able to sell/acquire used games, we won't be able to play disconnected. I'm curious whether Nintendo will be following the same path.

>We won't own games anymore

Some of us do because we only buy from non-DRM encumbered platforms like GoG.

Don't buy games on steam, windows store, apple store, etc.

Stop giving companies money for something you don't own.

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by rrreese »

Insanity wrote: post #80

Haven’t bought a physical game in at least 15 years (because of Steam). I do wonder how many people still buy physical copies these days. Not sure what the sales are like on PS but at least on Steam you can find great deals for the digital copies as well. (You lose the reselling though)

Due to the steam sales and deep discounting its easy to buy games on steam for much cheaper then the consoles. For console where a game may be £60 for several years, buying physical means you can resell. For anyone with a budget, it makes a huge difference on how many games you can play.

Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

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Post by cryptoegorophy »

buran77 wrote: post #8

Discs are less convenient so people have slowly moved to digital sales. This worked even better for console manufacturers, cheaper to drop that disc reader, and the second hand market is effectively dead which increases new game sales. The side-effect most people didn't consider is that you never really own a digital copy. And the most relevant part is that you cannot transfer/sell a digital copy. For everything else…

I remember joke “you will own nothing and will be happy”, it is less of a joke now.
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