omg, have you guys heard about sony ending support for physical discs? it's got a lot of people in the gaming community pretty upset, and for good reason. basically, this change could have some major implications for game preservation, which is already a huge issue.



one of the biggest concerns is that without physical discs, it's going to be way harder for us to preserve old games. like, think about it - when a game is released, it's often updated a ton of times after that, and those updates can totally change the way the game plays. with a physical disc, you can still play the original version of the game, but if it's all digital, that's not always an option. and that's not even getting into the issue of companies having total control over pricing and distribution.



i've been reading about this group called does it play, which is all about advocating for physical game media and documenting which games can be played without a download. they're also behind the stop killing games movement, which is all about pushing back against the trend of companies just abandoning old games or making them impossible to play. it's really interesting to see people taking a stand on this issue, because it feels like the gaming industry is just getting more and more out of touch with what customers actually want.

apparently, does it play has found that a pretty significant percentage of physical ps5 and xbox series x games don't even work properly without a download. like, what's the point of even having a physical disc if you still need to download a bunch of stuff to make it work? it just feels like companies are trying to phase out physical media altogether, which would be a total disaster for game preservation.



the guy behind does it play, clemens istel, hadRead more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com

What do you think about this?