Sony abandoning discs is a new low for them, and a dark day for videogames | This Week in Videogames

3 Jul 2026 · 35 min

Episode Sony abandoning discs is a new low for them, and a dark day for videogames | This Week in Videogames

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A sad end to an important era (the one where we actually owned our games)

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