PlayStation Just Struck A Hammer Blow To Game Preservation
Killing game discs is an anti-consumer move that only benefits Sony.
So, that's it then. As of 2028, game discs will be a thing of the past for PlayStation. And after previously attempting to do so five years ago — before a backlash prompted it to reverse course — Sony is finally shuttering the digital storefronts on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It doesn't seem like the company will back down this time. Both of these decisions are terrible for the future of physical media and game preservation.
Sony has been moving in this direction for a very long time, really since it started selling digital games two decades ago. The digital-only PSP Go from 2009 and PS5 Digital Edition 11 years later were both clear indications of where things were going.
As important as I believe game preservation is, I begrudgingly have to admit I'm complicit in this shift to...
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