#physical games
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The Death of Physical PC Gaming: Collectors Fight Back
Sony kills Blu-Ray by 2028, Xbox ditched discs years ago, Nintendo Switch 2 ships empty cartridges in boxes. PC physical media is dying, but a handful of enthusiasts refuse to accept it. Their work exposes a fundamental contradiction: the industry sells boxes for marketing, not preservation. What these holdouts are building reveals exactly what full digitalization erases.
GOG Offers Physical Backups Where Sony Strips Away Ownership
While Sony faces lawsuits over its aggressive digital-only push, GOG quietly reminds players it lets them burn their purchases to physical media. A business stance that doubles as a statement, exposing a fundamental fracture in gaming: who actually owns your games after you've paid?
Sony Faces Legal Battles Over Physical Game Disc Cutoff by 2028
Sony announced the planned elimination of physical games on its platforms by January 2028. The result: two legal fronts are opening simultaneously. In the Netherlands, a class action lawsuit has just been filed. In Mexico, two lawmakers are preparing to bring the matter before the national competition commission. What looked like a routine business decision is shaping up as an international regulatory test over consumers' right to own what they buy.