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New comment by ksjaixjwjx in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

ksjaixjwjx — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:59:03 +0000

Physical copies aren’t harder to censor nowadays, unfortunately. All they have to do is push a “you can’t start this game without the latest update, and the latest update is unavailable” update and it’s gonzo.

New comment by ksjaixjwjx in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

ksjaixjwjx — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:57:58 +0000

Are the download codes reusable then?

New comment by ksjaixjwjx in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

ksjaixjwjx — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:56:40 +0000

I agree with you wholeheartedly, however, even buying physical games nowadays is a meaningless practice (one that I still do, mind you, physical over digital, that’s me any day). But with the sheer amount of updates, online checks, DLCs and whatnots, our physical media is nothing more than a pretty case to display on the shelves. They can pull the plug on all of that nowadays just as easily as any digital media.

The ideal solution would be an industry-wide change where games should always be required to be able to play as sold on disc—pipe dream though.