Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

• Suavevillain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m with you on that which is why I love GOG’s efforts.

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• deliriousdreams@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  True. but also, some places that don't have reliable Internet access rely on physical media. They're cutting out part of the market entirely.

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  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I forgot about that part. I hope people get them to rethink this.

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    • deliriousdreams@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It says in the article that Sony (and other platforms too) have seen a significant drop in purchases of physical media. So I really think they just don't care about those customers that rely on it and Even with some backlash this is likely to go ahead (same as with Blu-ray disks which are also being sunsetted). I can't say I'm surprised that they're doing this given that they want to stop manufacturing Blu-rays altogether.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I read PS physical sales are currently about 15% of the market. That’s about 70 million sales in 2025. Seems dumb to cut that out, but maybe it will work out for them.

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    • deliriousdreams@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It seems dumb to us. But I'm sure they're (selfishly) considering the cost of manufacturing and distributing physical discs vs the number of people who can and will switch to digital if that's all that's available.

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Seems risky, since the video game market is in an unprecedented place economically now. It may just be that the old AAA model just doesn’t make sense any more. I’d welcome a collapse of it, but am interested to see what the market can bear.

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• LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This 100%. Discs are actually just ewaste these days but we absolutely need competing storefronts on consoles and a way of selling digital licences second hand.

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• bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The issue, normies dont understand DRM free digital media. Once its digital its like its invisible. A disc or a tape, is so easy to understand, you just HAVE it and it works.

  My tapes from the 80s/90s just work when I put them in. Does a disc game or digital game from even 2018 do that? Likely not.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Does a disc game or digital game from even 2018 do that?

    Yes. When it comes to Sony, any PS4 game (so from 2013 and on) will work on a PS4 or PS5 with a disc drive.

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    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I meant for PC, sorry

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ah, with PC it varies. There can definitely be issues when you go back to games made for Windows 7 and earlier, for example. If a game is popular enough, it’s almost guaranteed to have fan-made patches to work on modern hardware, at least.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Normies figure it out on a lag, but they get there.

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