PlayStation is lying on a hot bed of coals of its own making right now, and fans are rightfully devastated. Even with a relatively wide berth of a year and some change until it goes into effect, PlayStation getting rid of discs and physical releases altogether has obviously threatened to rupture the industry, hurling users into a frenzy about what this could mean for ownership, preservation, and consumer choice as we move forward into an uncertain era for video games.
Things are looking dire, especially with Xbox presumably abandoning physical media, too, while game studios and high-profile brands have begun capitalizing on this news by advertising their upcoming launches with an emphasis on their physical releases, or by making a pointed mockery of PlayStation’s plans. Gamers themselves are reeling while the wound is still fresh, and reconciling with the possibility that it may never fully heal.
According to an Austrian write-up, as reported by Push Square, Sony has allegedly been planning its all-digital future for some time now and is unlikely to turn tail and go back on it. This would make sense, with Grand Theft Auto 6’s preorders and all-digital launch announcement probably being the first domino to...
