We are finally at the end. It’ll start with entertainment, such as sports (already there) and soon video games. They’ve done it with software controls in vehicles. Retailers are started working with Creditors so you can do it for Computers and TVs, but the beginning of the end is upon us.

We are now entering the beginning steps of a new era, where You will own nothing, rent or lease, or subscribe to everything, and you will enjoy it because you have no choice.

To be truthful, when the game wasn't fully on the disk or required day one patches is when I stopped taking consoles seriously. One of the benefits of console was a little loading and you're good to go. That's long gone now for even some indie games.

Without physical disk I might as well get a Gabecube instead.
At least once the next Gabecube "2" comes out, the old one won't become a paperweight and could become my parents next computer.

Well what's the point then. Might as well go over to PC gaming. The only real reason to stay with consoles was the physical disks.

Everything else about consoles is terrible compared to PC, no mods, limited games, limited sales, if any, (looking at you Nintendo), limited control scheme options, can only play games so device doesn't have a lot of utility, you have to pay for internet access even though you already pay for internet access, no private servers, limited community tools.

The one thing you could say for consoles was that you owned the game. Now that's gone.

This is my last console Gen, 30 years deep.

Owning a console means owning your game—being able to share it, save it, display it, sell it, and trade it.

It’s been an amazing, wild ride. But Sony, I’m out.

I'm out. I would never buy a console without physical media.

Remember when XB1 was going to be digital-only and Sony roasted it so badly Microsoft had to walk it back?

Sad thing is, I always figured this was going to be inevitable. I just didn't think it would happen this soon.