You'll still be gaming. I will too.

It will be the exception. Only what comes to Mac.

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-pl...

Looks like 2028 will be the end for me. Switch has fake game carts. MS has ads everywhere. Now PS will have no discs. It appears from 2028 on, I’ll only be able to play something I can buy on GOG, or be confident I can crack.

Time to sunset console gaming. So very sad. Thank you to everybody who buys digital. This is your fault.

Are you telling me the games you play on your mac you buy on a disc?

And I say this as someone who has been buying physical switch games (never Game Key cards), xbox, and ps5 games.

I don't like this, but looking at it from the other end: I'm nearing retirement. I've got rooms full of physical media I've been collecting for 50 years, including games. (The most common things I buy now are books and 4K movies, but if I never bought anything else, I've got enough to keep me busy until I die.) I haven't bought games on disc for a while, and part of my assumption is that they all have patches and probably won't work without them, so what is the difference?

I do worry about future support. That's a real issue. Talk of Xbox's demise has me concerned. I had Xbox Gold from the beginning and rarely did I turn down a free game, but I often picked up old licenses for hits when they got really cheap. How will I access those? I better be part of the class action suit.

Are you telling me the games you play on your mac you buy on a disc?

No, you can't buy computer games on a disc anymore. I buy them from GOG or in certain cases Apple's App store. Weirdly, it actually seems like the Mac App store doesn't have DRM because I've copied my games around with no issue (although that could be on a per game basis, I don't know).

Uh. Aren’t you being a little dramatic? Anyway, you could make a better case for abandoning the hobby thanks to the ever-increasing cost of participating.

Maybe he is. But I don’t think so. Sony just removed 500 movies from their service. Even you bought them, you can no longer access them. They either just did or are shutting down the Playstation 3 store. Anyone who thinks they’re going to have access to their digital games forever is a fool. Whether that’s a real issue or not is up to you.

I hit digitally because it’s convenient and I don’t want shelves full of old games I’ll never touch again. But I don’t think I’ll have those digital games forever either.

Uh. Aren’t you being a little dramatic? Anyway, you could make a better case for abandoning the hobby thanks to the ever-increasing cost of participating.

Money is not a concern. Heck, if they had simply charged a premium for physical discs I would have paid.

1. Did it give you a field to explain your "other" choice?
1A. If yes, what did you say?

2. What are your thoughts on the rumors of Xbox developing a "disc to digital" feature?

3. Thunder is caused by lightning vs thunder IS lightning. What say you?