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

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Post by cj »

saturn8601 wrote: post #350
estebank wrote: post #275

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The movie itself is generally encoded at a higher bitrate than what you can find in streaming or torrents. The media includes bonus features that generally aren't available in streaming or torrents. The media will not suddenly stop existing if some server breaks down, some company goes under or some contract expires. The movie will not suddenly get "patched" with an AI-upscale or censored scene one day while watching…

Technically blueray has a 'update mechanism' that newer films will require players to update to. AVGN complained about it here: https://youtu.be/tetXKdi9U3c?t=400

"To play this Blueray, you must renew your encryption key"

Is that really a thing?

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

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Post by gunsle »

tialaramex wrote: post #242
Uvix wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or they’ll just stop “selling” copies in those territories and only allow short-term rentals or monthly subscription services.

One of the EU's backstop "Fuck Trump" options is to stop enforcing America's IP rights. Maybe this USB stick full of MCU movies isn't the highest possible quality and two of the Thor movies are missing for some reason, however it cost less than €20, so who cares ? Oh it's illegal ? Well my government said they don't give a shit about that until you get rid of the orange lunatic In a world where American media compani…

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

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Post by binsquare »

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-...

Sony also used to mock digital only approaches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

Now at a time when memory and storage prices are at an all time high - they pull a move that directly hurts the customer.

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

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Post by sikim »

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…

> encryption / trusted computing is so good that future systems will never be cracked.

I highly doubt this. The platforms that didn't have any jailbreaking scenes weren't because the devices were so secure; it was because there was not enough demand for it. If given enough time, there will always be hacks and bypasses just like Denuvo or hypervisor bypass like the recent hack.

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

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

dogwalker5000 wrote: post #452
Marcan wrote: post #447

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And don't forget closing the PS3 and Vita Playstation stores, which they announced at the same time: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playsta... This is a weird marketing strategy. They must feel free to do as they please since they know consumers are trapped.

> they know consumers are trapped. Gaming is a luxury good. We can all just walk away.

So are cigarettes and liquor. And pot and on and on.

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

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Post by BloondAndDoom »

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…

I feel like dark age of gaming started with MTX and since then it’s only getting worse. The fact that we have capable hardware like iPad without a very limited gaming ecosystem system itself shows it.

We have so many problems with the gaming unfortunately, in addition to what you already said, MTX, gambling disguised as loot boxes, console and store exclusives, AAA pricing, lack of creativity in the AAA market etc

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

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Post by fcsp »

Marcan wrote: post #447
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-...

And don't forget closing the PS3 and Vita Playstation stores, which they announced at the same time: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playsta... This is a weird marketing strategy. They must feel free to do as they please since they know consumers are trapped.

Well it's just for new sales, access to purchased content remains "for the foreseeable future". How long the future is foreseeable for Sony? Might want to ask the Concord team maybe.

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

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Post by snovymgodym »

Marcan wrote: post #447
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-...

And don't forget closing the PS3 and Vita Playstation stores, which they announced at the same time: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playsta... This is a weird marketing strategy. They must feel free to do as they please since they know consumers are trapped.

I mean the PS3 was launched in 2006.

The fact that the PS store has still been supported on the console for this long is kind of incredible.

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

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Post by Pxtl »

NegativeLatency wrote: post #456
dogwalker5000 wrote: post #452

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> they know consumers are trapped. Gaming is a luxury good. We can all just walk away.

Plenty of PC games, the linux distros that run steam are great too!

Just because valve is a benevolent dictator doesn't mean they don't already have the same dictatorship powers that Sony is currently chiseling out for themselves.

I wish NFTs had taken off as a system for managing decentralized transferrable digital purchases instead of being another investment scam.

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