Sony ending physical disc production in 2028, going digital only

[JEMII01]

It was gonna happen sooner or later but Sony removing digital movies and series the day before but now doing this and the announcement of shutting down the PS3 and Vita store the same day is crazy work from them.

Doing really feels like them saying "We're in charge here and there's nothing you can do about it peasant".

If consoles are going to be around 800 to possibly 900 dollars in the future I see no reason to have a console when a PC has better services and more access to games which isn't even counting emulation.

 

[Moloch]

I can clearly see that with Microsoft, but Nintendo won't. They figure out ways on their own and will try their best to fix this mess.

Actually, although partially, Nintendo has already done it with their key cards.
Years ago, when they announced the Switch 2 along the stupid key cards, some people decided to ignore the obvious writing on the wall, specially those devoted to the cult.

 

[dkpopman]

Holy... an 8 page thread in less than 12 hours!

Gonna go put some popcorn in the microwave lol.

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but you know what they should CUT DOWN THE PRICES since we no longer get physical copies or booklets or really anything real lol.
nintendo has some nerve with their empty "key cards" being 80$, god damn...

There has not been an $80 game card release so far as far as I'm aware. MK World was on cart. Also N has not used them yet for a first party game.

Game Key Cards were functionally already a thing on the original Switch, but they didn't have to mark themselves as not having all the data on the cartridge as transparently. For instance, Megaman Legacy Collection apparently only have MM 1-6 on cart, and you had to download 7-10.

I get why people don't like Key Cards, but they are not a new thing in the NSW2 era. It's just that N doesn't want buyers to be uninformed and buy a cart that has no real function, so they're forcing the publishers to disclose when the full game isn't included.

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More hard drive space being taken up by every single game in a market with surging memory prices.

How are there still people thinking modern console games run off the disc? Lol.

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It's all absolutely grim, yet at the same time I hold on to the (very) thin hope that this finally causes normies to see the writing on the wall in regards to modern gaming. It's unlikely, but surely there's gotta be a breaking point even for them

Most normies pay for Game Pass, even on PC. I don't think you understand how devalued the concept of ownership is now.

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Final add on. As a guy with a big shelf of games, I don't care.
I think you have to be kind of a stooge to not have anticipated this since at least 2020-21. We have very obviously been heading this way for a long time. Feeling any emotion about this is a massive waste of your brain.