I will no longer be offering money to receive playstation games. π€·ββοΈ
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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I might get a used PS5 to play some exclusives when it can be had for cheap. But I reckon people will cling to theirs.
Iβd feel more strongly about this if Iβd actually bought a game on a physical disc anytime in the last 3 years.
Yeah, but why not? I enjoy having access to the game within the same 10 minutes I buy it...
Now downloading, that's a different story.
How many modern 3d games are there that fit on a reasonable amount of disks? Don't you usually have to download shit either way?
Honestly, if I have to go digital, my money is going to Valve
Better to Gog, atleast you own what you buy
Fun fact: Some Steam games are also DRM-free
Valve and GOG.
GOG - the ones who recently sent out a newsletter ad with Nazi symbols on it? That GOG?
If they could be trusted to treat digital copies as actual ownership, this wouldn't be such a big deal.
At this rate why sell hardware to people anymore? Might as well rip the bandaid and make it a cloud-gaming device.
If buying is not owning, piracy is not stealing
At least the digital-only playstations will be really cheap... Right?
They are gonna remove games in future like they did with the movies
I will be buying no more PlayStations then.
Same.
Stop being suckered into the system that has no respect for you or the money they steal from you.
My main problem with this is I canβt sell or trade a digital game after Iβm done with it. This needs to be ~~felt~~ delt with legally.
I like being able to share a disc with friends. Or get one from the library. They kill that, they're making a hell of lot of enemies.
I feel you but I'm no lawyer.
For real, every jurisdiction needs to extend the first sale doctrine to digital media
So. They have chosen death.
Oh no! Anyway...
The majority of people do not care.
Then the majority of people will get shafted. Nothing new under the sun, I guess.
Buy GameStop everyone! /s
They make most of their money from trading cards now.
The concept that not everyone has big internet or even good enough might be super strange for these C-level people.
I don't think they care about those markets (even though they could make a lot of money out of them)
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Sony I already didn't intend to buy the next game console, you don't have to keep trying to push me away.
Didnβt Nintendo already start doing this with the switch two?
The opposite, with Switch1 there were a bunch of games where third parties cheaped out and just put a code in a box.
Switch2 added game-key cards to replace the code-in-a-box with a license dongle in the shape of a cart.
It still requires the eshop to download the game, but it's not tied to an account, it's tied to the card, which can be resold or lent out.
Solves a few of the issues with digital while doing nothing for preservation.
There are still code in a box games, I have one
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