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Sony’s July 2026 announcement that it will halt all physical PlayStation game releases in January 2028 for both first- and third-party developers was met with outrage from gamers. That was particularly true for proponents of buying physical video games over digital for reasons like long-term access and historical preservation. However, even having a game disc…

Some of your old games and other media work on your PS5, turning it into a proper media hub.

While the PlayStation 5 is an amazing console with tons of great games, it’s almost incomparable to the PlayStation 2. The PS2 is actually the best-selling game console of all time, having sold over 160 million units after it was introduced in 2000. Not only was the system fantastic, but it sported an amazing library…

If you’ve ever dreamt of popping a PS2 disc into your PS5 and kicking it like it’s 2004, a new homebrew emulator can make it happen. But the trade-offs make this a terrible idea for most people.

Ken Kutaragi, the founder of PlayStation and architect of the first three PlayStation consoles, has said that people being upset about Sony’s discontinuation of game discs is probably a “mentality issue”. He understands it, he noted, but that doesn’t make it “economically reasonable” for Sony to keep printing them.

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True backwards compatibility for physical disc games ended with the PlayStation 4. While Sony eventually re-released some older titles digitally, you can’t put a PS2 or PS3 disc into your PS4 to play legacy games. That restriction carried over to the PlayStation 5. PS4 discs are compatible, but for anything older you need a digital…

Unlike the budget Xbox Series S, the Xbox Series X features a 4K UHD Blu-ray optical disc drive. This is helpful for a multitude of reasons: For one, if you’re the type of person who doesn’t like the digitalization of games, it allows you to buy the disc versions of games and run them without…

NIS America is particularly vulnerable to the demise of PS5 discs in early 2028. A subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, the publisher introduces lesser-known JRPGs to Western audiences. Physical games and Collector’s Editions are a critical part of its inventory. However, conversations with Sony have given the company hope of finding a middle ground.

PlayStation is ditching physical games for its next-generation, and it can’t be ruled out that Xbox won’t do the same thing.