Queesh

@For-Kier Is this the same way you feel about buying a house? What about the food you eat everyday?

What a stupid take. You like being controlled, don’t you?

I am truly beginning to think a large contingent of this website’s engagement are just bots.

I’ve picked up WoW again.

Just saying.

It’s kept me off my PlayStation pretty well haha

This has nothing to do with personal preference for how you consume your media.

This is all about your ability to own what you purchase, and that is being taken away from you.

No one should be silent about this ever encroaching issue.

@Futureshark GTA is about as normie as it gets these days, mentioned in the same class as FIFA and COD.

Are you surprised that the same people who endlessly buy that slop will preorder a $100 game?

Yeah, because it’s the actual full version of the game.

A disgusting practice

No, I don’t think I will.

@RomanRiz Ok, well I would like my purchases to remain in my possession.

I refuse to believe a lot of these comments are actual people and not shill-bots.

The discontinuation of physical media is a detriment to your rights and your actual ownership of whatever it is you are buying.

You’re no longer buying or owning anything.
You’re now renting.

@Deadlyblack It sucks for everyone.

No physical means NO actual ownership.

No secondhand market means Sony decides what you pay.

The bigger issue is not about collectors and their hobbies.
It’s EVERY SINGLE CONSUMER and their vanishing rights and power.

@pyrrhic_victory Why would they? They know the drones will BUY BUY BUY!

If the game sucks, then showing footage will only hurt pre-order sales.

Keep it hidden and pump the hype.
It’s all about the money.

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy Nope, none of that for you! You don’t get to own your purchases anymore!

@Dudeitsme In a digital competition, Steam beats Sony all day, everyday

@ManaOwls Right there with you, bub.

Feels like them putting us old dogs down, and choosing the young gamers who have grown up on Fortnite, Minecraft, and mobile games and don’t know any better.

I’m hoping the Xbox performs strongly next generation.

I think Sony needs the competition.
How Xbox handles physical ownership would be a big factor for me.

This entire debate has NOTHING to do with financials.

To be frank, I don’t care about how it affects Sony’s finances.

This is about consumer rights, and true ownership.
And also about the preservation of games and art.

Physical media is necessary for the customer. Screw Sony and their opinions on it.

Great ideas, but far too optimistic.

What makes you think a company that is about to take away your actual ownership of the product you buy from them will give you these things?

Losing physical media means losing your right to ownership.

For the one millionth time:

The importance of physical has little to do with its sales.

It is vastly better for the consumer to have a product that preserves their purchase.

An all digital future WILL lead to us further being taken advantage of by the industry.

EVERY SINGLE GAMER SHOULD BE SHOUTING ABOUT THIS.

I am currently playing through Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

Beat number 1, a quarter of the way through number 2.

I would love to play through the Dragon Age’s with a face lift and some quality of life improvements!

Moving gaming to digital-only has nothing to do with trends, what consumers want, or practicality.

It is not an organic move, it’s a push.
The big players in the industry have formed a trust and decided they want all digital. It’s better for everyone’s bottom lines.

It has EVERYTHING to do with the money, nothing to do with us: the audience, the players, the consumers.
Digital is easier for them to control. It looks better for their profits, end of story.

@Dogbreath Go tell China and India to keep their pollution levels down, then maybe I’ll take your comment serious.

Doesn’t this just correlate with the industries intentional deemphasis of physical media?

Should have been, World Cup Winner, Lamine Yamal.

@species I don’t even know who you are, how could I have read your comments?

Also, there was a time when owning the disc did mean owning the game.
I can still play my N64 and my Xbox360 as if it was the day it came out.

I’m not saying it’s not, but I am also totally in favor of physical and actual ownership.

EVERYONE should support physical discs out of principle. Digital isn’t ownership, you cannot hold it in your hands. Therefore it can disappear in an instant.

@species Have fun not owning anything in your all digital future I guess

It’s been so long now, that the thought of playing a Fallout or Elder Scrolls game kinda makes me go bleh.

Definitely more excited for newer and less seen ips.

If it’s a strictly digital competition, how does Sony plan to compete with Steam?

Steam is a wildly better offering.
I chose PlayStation because of the console experience and ecosystem. Physical ownership it a part of that for me.

But I have a Steam library too.
And I will, albeit reluctantly, go back to it.

I would honestly love Xbox to have a very competitive next generation. Sony might need a wake up call.

@MrPeanutbutterz No problem, bro lol.

I am sorry, as well, for responding rudely.

If Xbox is smart, they will realize that they can capitalize on Sony’s blunders.

I want to see the Xbox be very competitive in this next generation. Sony needs the competition.

@MrPeanutbutterz Hey buddy, you don’t have to immediately get defensive when conversing online. I was ADDING to what you said, not attacking you. Maybe log-off for awhile lol

@MrPeanutbutterz And just because we buy some games digitally, does not mean we want to buy ALL games digitally.

For me, having that physical presence is one of the major draws for a PlayStation over PC. It’s the console experience.

I moved from my gaming PC to a PS5 Pro, and I buy most of my games physically, because I love the look of having the physicals on my shelf, as well as the ritual of putting the game disc in before a solid gaming session. The same reason I buy vinyl records: to respect the art and give it my undivided attention.

I already think it’s awful that most discs operate as glorified digital codes; but, for me, it is still a major advantage over my steam library to have the game disc in a case on my shelf.

If you remove physical capability from the PS6, then none of my PS5 library will transfer over, and it would be forfeiting that advantage over my Gaming Rig.

In a world where the PS6 and its ecosystem stand on a level playing field with PC gaming and its entire, open ecosystem, I think PlayStation loses.

Instead of dropping $1000 on a PS6, why shouldn’t I just invest that same money in upgrading my already built Rig?

If Xbox plays its cards right, it could be next generations winning console.

If they truly return to what made them great, I’m not opposed to picking it over an all digital PS6.

I was worried about how I would play my large collection of physical PS5 games on a next gen console, but then I came to a realization.

If PS6 doesn’t play them, I don’t buy the PS6.

Digital means you don’t actually own it.

This is bad for consumers.

Do not accept this future.

It will continue until the consumer base stops consuming.

Welcome to the hell you voted for.

Well, it’s a bad decision.

The entire industry is trying to push the customer base in this direction.

I doubt they care how we feel.

They won’t care until we effectively stop giving them our money.

Soooo…
I guess the PS6 will not be backwards compatible with all my physical PS5 discs, huh?

I am worried about the future of physical media as well.

@GamingGod How do you know that though? It’s been over a decade since the last entry, and the entire production team is different.

I’m not convinced it won’t suck.

@Oram77 The Golden Era. It was good to be there.

I don’t need it to come back, because the great memories will always be there.

Awesome!

I love Runescape, and I can’t wait to play this one!

@Sweetz Heard that, thanks for the great reply!

I’ve never played Helldivers, but I’ve always been interested. Should I take the dive??

Is it worth it to drop the $ and be a new player in 2026??

Why would they make a monitor with double the refresh rate a PS5 Pro can produce, but only half the resolution it can produce?

I don’t understand what they were thinking.

How is Grounded and Darktide a bad selection??

These are both killer games

@rjejr Check PlayStation Direct. I think the physical is on sale over there.

This will be my first Days of Play sale!

I hope it leaves me as destitute as a good Steam sale does.