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[Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what's your stance on Sony's decision to move away from printing disks? (lemmy.zip)
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I'll probably not be playing any soulslikes this weekend - don't have anything to play right now. However, we're at a friend's birthday today, and they're getting a physical copy of Bloodborne for PS4 from us. :)

Speaking of physical media: Sony have lost their minds. Sure, the move away from physical media has been ongoing for the past years, and it was very likely that Sony would not have offered a PS7 with a disk drive. However, to hear that they'll be outright stopping production of disks by early 2028 is such a gut punch. Sony already have a monopoly on console gaming pretty much, next to Nintendo maybe, so they can do whatever the fuck they want with their store. Physical games always left you the possibility of opting for a cheaper used or on-sale copy, though.

I have more or less abandoned console gaming around a year ago when I built my first PC ever, and I'm quite content with it. However, this is just another nail in the coffin for me to just not bother consoles or Sony specifically moving forward.

Like, all the soulslikes I've played on PS5 are on disk. DS 1-3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Lies of P etc etc. To think that moving forward people won't have that "luxury" (it hurts me so much to even call this a luxury) of playing a game whatever way they want is just so infuriating.

What's your stance on this? What's your split of digital to physical games? What about your soulslikes?

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[–] fdnomad@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

I cant remember if I had Dark Souls on a disk or not but I remember how ASS games for windows live was.

I played Demon Souls and Bloodborne on disks and was happy to be able share / resell the games. Discontinuing disks is obviously a shameless anti-consumer move.

Anyway, I might start a new Elden Ring run. I recently finished my first run and now I want to follow a guide to do the NPC quests I missed (all of them)