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

Post by 0x457 » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC

integricho wrote: post #356

0x457 wrote: post #228

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I saw a photo of Destiny 2 for same at Walmart. First, game is Free-to-Play for years now, second version of a game that is on that disc cannot be played. Tell me how does physical disc protect ownership? Then compare it to my digital downloads in steam where I can just copy game files between computers (if it's DRM-free) > Also just look at the parallel issue that happened exactly these days with Sony deleting purch…

How were they allowed to "sell" those titles in the first place then? Because it was never implied that access might be lost or restricted,it was very much sold to customers,not rented. As for Destiny not working,this is a related but different problem, stopkillinggames tries to tackle it, but both issues go hand in hand. 1. If we give up physical copies,we lose ownership,as simple as that 2. Server side components m…

Post by logicchains » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC

mywittyname wrote: post #328

mrandish wrote: post #298

Between DRM, DLC, mandatory connectivity and the end of physical media, the future will look back on this era as the 'dark age' of digital gaming history. Maintaining activation servers, cloud storage and digital delivery costs money. If it doesn't disappear when the title reaches EOL, it certainly does when the company is gone or shifts business models. And draconian copyright laws create legal jeopardy around orpha…

For now, it's still possible to crack consoles and extract the games from disk. However, we are probably approaching an era where encryption / trusted computing is so good that future systems will never be cracked. However, the flip side is that so many games are built using common game engines, and receive multi-platform releases. So there's a broader surface area for potential preservation. Maybe the PS6 version is…

Post by triangleman » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #418

canthonytucci wrote: post #388

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Why? Is there a lower form of “art” than always online AAA garbage? Im not going to lose any sleep over _COD 75: More of the Same Bullshit_ becoming lost media

I cannot explain how offensive this is to work of people who work on these games. Years and years of my life working on some incredible AAA games and you call it garbage because it's always online. Like, you think all the effort, all the actual art, music, writing, lore, world building....all of it garbage, because the game is online only? Do you think WoW is garbage and "art" in quotes? I mean, it's the internet, yo…

Post by Marcan » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC

fcsp wrote: post #435

Great buildup on Sony's side to gain trust in this move in the gaming community ahead of this announcement when just this week they again pulled hundreds of "purchased" movies from customer's libraries without refund, reminding everyone that digital content is rented, not owned. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/sony-erases-digital-...

Post by ssl-3 » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

logicchains wrote: post #443

mywittyname wrote: post #328

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For now, it's still possible to crack consoles and extract the games from disk. However, we are probably approaching an era where encryption / trusted computing is so good that future systems will never be cracked. However, the flip side is that so many games are built using common game engines, and receive multi-platform releases. So there's a broader surface area for potential preservation. Maybe the PS6 version is…

>However, we are probably approaching an era where encryption / trusted computing is so good that future systems will never be cracked. If AI lives up to its promise then in 5-10 years it should be possible (and affordable) to just point an AI at the screen and let it clone all the graphics, then have it implement the engine.