Former Sony Exec Believes PlayStation 6 Will Retain Optical Disc Support
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I think that's their point, the quality of games has gone down the drain where the golden disc contains basically an alpha version of the game.
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This is an important topic for game preservation. Makes me wonder if there is a life expectancy for the parts in a PS2?
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They pretty clearly say the “disc does nothing” which is a different, fallacious claim.
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Of course there is, capacitors go bad, other parts stop working.
The only fully guaranteed method of preservation is via emulation.
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If they want to keep me on their platform they’ll probably have to, otherwise it’s gonna be a Linux PC for me with all the hassle PC gaming means in my eyes.
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According to Circana, the physical market has halved in the past three years, and potential US tariffs on Mexico aren't going to help the physical game market. The longer it takes Sony to release a PS6, the less likely it is that it will have a disc drive.
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Well if there is no physical market they can point to that facilitates reselling your license, they will need to support that digitally. So I believe it too!
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The PS5 doesn't even have games and we are moving on to the 6? I guess that's some innovation.
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The physical market is basically in terminal decline. It would make much more sense for Sony to go with a separate drive addon if they are even willing to consider support discs for the PS6.
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I’m curious if this is partly influenced by demographics on how many people have used their PlayStation as their only Bluray/DVD movie player.
For me it’s rare now, but I’d also rather not brick my old movie collection by discarding my only TV disc drive.
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I've been outta the console game for ages, but you ain't kidding the PS5 only has~800 games currently. The PS4 has over ~3,500 lol.
