‘You will own nothing and you will be happy’
I’m tired of everything, FUCKING EVERYTHING, just getting gradually worse.
Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only
Submitted 4 days ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/01/sony-playstation-digital-downloads
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llamatron@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I’m not seeing the happy part tbh
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
You establish your own piracy hoard because there’s no point in playing along anymore.
Zomg@piefed.world 3 days ago
Right on the heels of removing 500 movies from their platform people paid to be able to watch perpetually…
SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Sony just killed PlayStation
justaman123@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yup. Even Nintendo didn’t get rid of the cartridge. It’s like sure you save the physical costs and shipping ok. But the physical hold it in your hand-ness is magic. But it’s also passive advertising. I guess our carbon footprint will thank us tho.
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I can’t believe that cartridges will end up outlasting discs.
Lucky_Acid@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Wow, I just bought a fucking PS5 last month. I’m not happy about this. Obviously, if I could resell my digital copy after I beat it that’d be cool.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I could resell my digital copy after I beat it that’d be cool.
I highly doubt that want you to be able to do that
Lucky_Acid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh, I know, that was sarcasm sprinkled with the tiniest amount of wishful thinking.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You are fine, just enjoy it while it lasts. I’m not going to throw my PS5 into the fire either, but I will not buy their next console, nor will I buy their games from 2028
Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Exactly this. Now we just play the long…long…long waiting game until we’re able to properly jailbreak the PS5 (not on 5 year old firmware) so we can use the dang thing we own as we see fit.
Lucky_Acid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, there are currently plenty of games for me to catch up on and buy before the deadline, most notably that physical copy of Silksong coming out in October (?). I’m just annoyed because I waited THIS long to get one, this is my first PS, and I then read this announcement a month later. I told my wife that with this console, if I was gonna splurge on it, would not be full of digital games like our Switch, only physical copies. So, I’m glad I can use PS4 and PS5 discs and that they have a large library full of stuff for me to spend my time and money on, just a little peeved that they had to do this at this scheduled time. But hey, who knows, maybe the announcement leads to public backlash and they reconsider their plan to phase out physical games. I can dream.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The PS5 will continue getting games for quite some time, I imagine. The lack of physical media won’t stop most people from getting a PS6, but its price will. It will never have the install base the PS5 does, so their games will be cross-gen for years into the PS6’s life cycle just like with the PS4 and PS5.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
a game collection on my shelf, one shelf for each generation of playstation. I don’t need any more shelves, apparently. My “collection” is complete
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 days ago
Somehow GameStop stock is up 6% for the week, despite this announcement basically dropping the floor out from under their entire business model.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They pivoted to merch stores awhile back. I’m pretty sure the selling games thing is just a side business
rafoix@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Stocks are either investments or a daily high for degenerate gamblers. GameStop is the second.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Game sales are just a fraction of Gamestop’s revenue now. The vast majority is collectibles and hardware sale.
Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, remove the only alternative to the supreme capitalist monopoly which the PlayStation store essentially is.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I wish there was a service that let all consumers order a physical version of any game with all the latest patches available at the time it was purchased.
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Best you can do is make it yourself via 🏴☠️.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Video game libraries aren’t as deep as musical libraries, but there are still too many decent older games for companies to feel secure in engaging in this sort of nonsense.
justaman123@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah new games aren’t even that good anymore
nullify3112@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s just untrue. There’s so much to play. Lots of gems out there.
atro_city@fedia.io 3 days ago
Don't buy a playstation. Easy.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Wasn’t Sony the one that said you’ll always be able to share games and resell games on PlayStation, after Xbox tried some shady shit?
/s because I know damn well it was them at the Xbox One announcement.
Sony has pretty much always been bad for gaming. I had a PS1 and PS2 when they were new. Got a PS3 after the PS4 was out, and I like it, but it does some dumb shit. Like how you sign into the console, and then you have to sign into PSN. Or how save games still use “blocks” or whatever. It’s just stupid for stupidity’s sake. That said, I like the PS3 more than the XB1 (for reference, PS3 is contemporary to the 360; XB1 is contemporary to the PS4 — so yes, I like the PS3 more than the one-generation-newer XB1. I do like the PS3. I wanted a PS4 and never got one. I resented the XB1, but the 360 was okay. I only have an XSX because they let me get it for $35 a month for 2 years, no interest. If you’re thinking that’s more than $500, you’d be right. Only $480 went to the console — I got it for $20 off. The rest went to 2 years of GamePass Ultimate at the $15/month price. And tax on the whole thing. Xbox All Access. They really should bring it back as high as they’re jacking the price of the XSX (and PS5). It was a good deal, and locks you into their service for 2 years. Always wished Sony had something similar — I wanted a PS5, and settled for the XSX.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
One company does something that sucks for the users. Rival companies “omg we would never”. Consumers allow it. Rival companies “guess what fuckos now this is happening. We never said we would never lol”
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 3 days ago
I still have a PS2 and i wasn’t interested in any of the newer consoles and certainly won’t make consider buying a PS5 and if you are still stupid enough to trust Sony after they announced digital content deletion then you fucking deserve to lose your whole fucking library whenever they feel like it.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have nothing to play the discs on, anyway, so this completes my collection.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
And we will play our old games with glee. And steam. Evidently the last beacon of gaming left
fistac0rpse@fedia.io 3 days ago
is this only for 1st party Sony games? I assume 3rd party devs can still sell their games on disc if they wanted to?
P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They’re basically saying the PS6 won’t have a disc drive.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
No, PS5 games cannot be released on disc unless Sony approves it, and they will not approve any starting in 2028.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 days ago
Wow. Tell me again the purpose of a gaming console.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Higher profits for shareholders
Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In modern days its mostly to scam people, and thats really it. Exclusives - thats one of the gimmicks, which is essentially strategic manipulation.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I have a ps5 I inherited from a roommate that was a hot mess. It’s nice to be able to boot it up and shit just works. I’ve got steam running on my computer, and I play it.
But sometimes it’s nice to just boot up and be playing rocket League in 30 seconds. Not worrying about proton or anything else
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 days ago
I believe you need to power on the television and the PS, locate the correct input, log in?, navigate to the game, and then play. You may need to locate a controller. I imagine it still has regular software updates, etc.
My process for gaming PC Linux is to awaken my PC, log in, click the game and wait for Steam to launch it. From there, it’s just regular updates. I might still need to go find a controller, depending on the game.
The biggest difference is that the console game is (should be) optimized for that platform. There have been plenty of terrible ports both ways, but you usually know that the game will just work. I on the other hand spent an hour or so getting to know Wine so that I could play og baldurs gate. I could have just bought it again, but once is enough.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 days ago
Was it the roommate that was a hot mess, or the PlayStation?
Gladaed@feddit.org 3 days ago
A decent gui, not fiddling with settings, widespread hardware specs. Games that expect a gamepad and will work with it. Novel input techniques.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 days ago
I know I came out swinging on consoles, and I absolutely am biased. Instead of trying to one-up you, the best I can do is explain my position.
My biggest gripe on consoles is that it’s a form of vendor lock in. Unless you follow in the footsteps of someone like Gary Bowser (Canada), you aren’t playing newer Mario, Metroid, or Zelda games on a PC. That’s pretty much the same with all exclusives.
Emulation is just now catching up to the PS5, and I suspect that’s part of why they are moving from physical media. Xbox series x has no emulator, likewise Switch 2. This means that one needs to purchase several consoles to play these exclusives. I’m not going to lie, I have probably spent $2000 on mid-grade hardware over the past decade, but I just finished my major upgrades last year-unless I was need RAM.
As far as the GUI goes, I think it’s fit for purpose. My desktop is configured differently because I use it for many things. If I wanted a gaming system that has a UI built for navigating games I could build one, but that is not a skill or expectation I would have for many. Supposedly, SteamOS can handle this, but we are getting pretty deep here. I think this gets deep into fiddling with settings.
So, as far as fiddling with settings goes, that is one of the biggest strengths a console has. If you have no technical skills, and like most can’t navigate from your documents to your program files, I can’t blame you for buying a console. Or, like some technical people I know, they spend all day fucking with settings and don’t want to touch a computer when they get home.
I’m not sure what you mean about widespread hardware specs. The game is optimized for that particular hardware. Assuming the devs did their job right—and that’s not always true—the game should run flawlessly on the console. Same goes for PC though. I bought a beefy video card last year because my 10-year old system was struggling with Clair Obscure. The same week they released a patch that fixed the issue.
Can you explain about games that won’t work with a game pad? Steam I believe allows you to force a gamepad to work, but I’m far as away from my system at the moment.
For novel input techniques, motion controls are just not making it to PC. I played Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom (both of which I purchased and have hardware to pay it on, TYVM) holding my phone under my game pad to add motion controls. It sucked. I have searched for an alternative, I don’t have one.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Also games are expected to just work without having to do anything technical beyond signing into an account or basic video settings.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
It’s purpose is what it’s always been, to extract as much money from you as possible.