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[bikingjahuty]

Sony's announcement to go pure digital by 2028 is disheartening, but I think it means I can finally, FINALLY get caught up on my backlog and replay those games I've wanted to replay for years.

https://www.gematsu.com/2026/07/sony-interactive-entertainment-to-end-physical-game-disc-production-in-january-2028

It's looking more and more like the rest of my life is going to be getting caught up with my backlog. I'm fine with that, but a part of me is saddened that I won't be able to get excited for new releases anymore, even if the game looks amazing. If I can't own the game, I'm not buying it.

[bizzgeburt]

Happy 4th of july to all our U.S. folks from beyond the pond 

[ssj4yamgeta]

With Sony announcing the end of mainstream physical games in 2028 and the looming KIDS Act heading to Senate here in the US (which will usher in an age where you need to verify your ID to do anything on your computer), I decided to start prepping for the looming digital apocalypse while the internet is still free. Yesterday I picked up a Seagate Expansion 6TB HDD for $131, which in today's market is an excellent bargain for storage. This allowed me to unload some "DRM-free digital copies" from my computer's SSD, which only had 17GB left on it. I'm also planning to download backup installers for emulators, privacy browsers, and certain operating systems that are refusing to comply with the new ID verification laws. In my version of the all-digital future, nobody will be able to revoke my digital copies and I will be happy.

[bikingjahuty]

With Sony announcing the end of mainstream physical games in 2028 and the looming KIDS Act heading to Senate here in the US (which will usher in an age where you need to verify your ID to do anything on your computer), I decided to start prepping for the looming digital apocalypse while the internet is still free. Yesterday I picked up a Seagate Expansion 6TB HDD for $131, which in today's market is an excellent bargain for storage. This allowed me to unload some "DRM-free digital copies" from my computer's SSD, which only had 17GB left on it. I'm also planning to download backup installers for emulators, privacy browsers, and certain operating systems that are refusing to comply with the new ID verification laws. In my version of the all-digital future, nobody will be able to revoke my digital copies and I will be happy.

I started doing something similar earlier this year. I'm pretty much archiving every game I've ever wanted to play from the 80s all the way up to modern consoles. I don't know how easy it's going to be to preserve games in the near future and I don't want to lose my ability to play many of these games. Shit just feels apocalyptic right now.