Tag: PlayStation
The Whole Industry Is Doing This. Sony's Just Doing It Loudest.
Starting January 2028, if you buy a new PlayStation game, there won't be a disc option. Sony confirmed it on the PlayStation Blog on the 1st of July: physical disc production for new releases stops, and everything after that date goes through the PlayStation Store or nowhere. Games already out, or already scheduled before the cutoff, aren't affected. Everything after it is digital or it doesn't exist.
Sony Gives Its Disc-Loving Customers A Giant Middle Finger
Just a few weeks ago, Sony announced that it would stop producing games on physical media starting in 2028 and a very loud portion of Sony's customers lost their freaking minds. And, in this writer's opinion, for very good reason. Having no physical media option for your games is going to make game preservation efforts...
A Blackout Protest Over Sony Ditching Disks Is Brewing
Sony's decision to stop producing PlayStation discs starting in 2028 was met with a ton of initial backlash, especially in the wake of Sony reminding its customers yet again that a digital purchase of content isn't actually a purchase of content at all and what you've bought can be ripped away from you with the...
It’s all in the Mind – Music Monday – July 6, 2026
"Kick, Punch, it's all in the mind!" Andy talks about a game that he never really got to play in its entirety until recently despite having a single song from the game burned in his memory from a young age.
#oneaday Day 755: The lost art of going to buy a game
Yesterday, I talked generally about the impact PlayStation had on me and my friendship group thanks to stone-cold classics like Ridge Racer, Tekken and Final Fantasy VII. Today I want to talk about another aspect of that time which I have fond memories of -- but which hasn't been a thing for some years now,...
#oneaday Day 754: Late '90s promise
As I absorb the news that Sony is giving up on physical releases of games -- something I have had a good rant about at much more length over on MoeGamer, so please go read that -- I can't help but think back to the time PlayStation hit the scene, and the incredible amount of...
I am furious about the state of my hobby
This week may well go down in history as one of the bleakest the world of video games has ever seen, with the biggest news being the impending record layoffs at Microsoft, and Sony announcing that it is both closing the digital PS3 and Vita stores and stopping the production of physical discs. These are...
Worst Firmware Update Ever
How Sony screwed up 15 years of goodwill with developers and open-source users by removing Linux support from its console—support hacked back in anyway.