100 PS Discless, Xbox, RAM Oligopoly
Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 10 segments
On our 100th episode, we discussed the following topics…
Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 10 segments
On our 100th episode, we discussed the following topics…
But, well, Ian, this is the unfortunate part, right? I think, like, for the past seven days, there are a couple of, like, two or three news that is basically dominating the gaming industry, and this is going to be one of them.
And, unfortunately, for a lot of people who are so invested into the physical media and wanting to kind of preserve the game preservation, like yourself, exactly.
So...
Specifically, nobody else.
That's why this is going out of sync.
So the PlayStation is announcing that moving forward in the future, that they will not be releasing their titles, new titles, at least in a physical disc production style.
So this is going to mark the company's very clear structural move towards becoming fully digitally distributed ecosystem.
And PlayStation, that after January 2028 is what they've said, is that they will not release any new PS5 or future generation PlayStation games on the physical disc.
The existing disc, however, already in circulation will continue to function.
I think there's a lot of misinformation going around on that end.
That has a lot of people kind of concerned rightfully.
But what they're saying is that the new games that they're going to make after January 2028 is not going to be found in a physical format.
So.
if there's backwards compatibility, it could still continue working with it.
But otherwise, everything is going to be digital.
And a lot of people are rightfully kind of pissed off about the fact that, you know, they're already seeing this thing happening, right? Moving to digital.
Now it looks like this is going to be a confirmed deal kind of thing going on.
And, People are up in arms, man.
It's all happening.
Things are burning down, man.
You're the one who's into physical stuff.
That sounds like you're into physical sex stuff, but I would love to get your opinion.
Because for me, this is a neutral thing, but I'm sure you have a much more impassioned view about it.
But, well, Ian, this is the unfortunate part, right? I think, like, for the past seven days, there are a couple of, like, two or three news that is basically dominating the gaming industry, and this is going to be one of them.
And, unfortunately, for a lot of people who are so invested into the physical media and wanting to kind of preserve the game preservation, like yourself, exactly.
So...
Specifically, nobody else.
That's why this is going out of sync.
So the PlayStation is announcing that moving forward in the future, that they will not be releasing their titles, new titles, at least in a physical disc production style.
So this is going to mark the company's very clear structural move towards becoming fully digitally distributed ecosystem.
And PlayStation, that after January 2028 is what they've said, is that they will not release any new PS5 or future generation PlayStation games on the physical disc.
The existing disc, however, already in circulation will continue to function.
I think there's a lot of misinformation going around on that end.
That has a lot of people kind of concerned rightfully.
But what they're saying is that the new games that they're going to make after January 2028 is not going to be found in a physical format.
So.
if there's backwards compatibility, it could still continue working with it.
But otherwise, everything is going to be digital.
And a lot of people are rightfully kind of pissed off about the fact that, you know, they're already seeing this thing happening, right? Moving to digital.
Now it looks like this is going to be a confirmed deal kind of thing going on.
And, People are up in arms, man.
It's all happening.
Things are burning down, man.
You're the one who's into physical stuff.
That sounds like you're into physical sex stuff, but I would love to get your opinion.
Because for me, this is a neutral thing, but I'm sure you have a much more impassioned view about it.
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