Well what's the point then. Might as well go over to PC gaming. The only real reason to stay with consoles was the physical disks.

Everything else about consoles is terrible compared to PC, no mods, limited games, limited sales, if any, (looking at you Nintendo), limited control scheme options, can only play games so device doesn't have a lot of utility, you have to pay for internet access even though you already pay for internet access, no private servers, limited community tools.

The one thing you could say for consoles was that you owned the game. Now that's gone.

This is my last console Gen, 30 years deep.

Owning a console means owning your game—being able to share it, save it, display it, sell it, and trade it.

It’s been an amazing, wild ride. But Sony, I’m out.

We finally made it here. They been making digital only consoles for years now.

Why get into consoles now? One of the best reasons to get a console is gone.

Due to licensing agreements expiring with publishers, 500 titles of your digital games will no longer be available. We are also shutting down our digital storefront for this generation's console next year, after which you will no longer be able to download any other titles onto your puny price inflated ssd. Please consider upgrading to the PS7 to continue paying to play online, where you can pay to purchase your games again. Thank you for your business.

Guess who's getting rid of movies you bought on Playstation?

What?

What the fuck?

They are just going to let Nintendo be the last physical game producer?

Physical copies are about to cost so much, fuck them!

Considering that Sony are practically a monopoly in the disc market, this could be interpreted as exiting blu-ray entirely. If they're not behind it, nobody is.

More evidence I did the right thing by completely avoiding Sony this generation.

Is there any reason not to be on PC? Larger libraries, open source, better graphics, larger communities, no extra sub on top of your internet to play with friends.

If we can't have discs, in my opinion, why have consoles? If you want a console-like experience you can even use distros like SteamOS or Bazzite.

But absolutely fuck Sony and Rockstar and everyone trying to remove our physical media and games. If it weren't against IP laws and such, I'd love to work for a physical production company who re-makes discs, cartridges, etc to preserve games. I know there are some who do limited runs for indie titles, giving them physical releases they otherwise wouldn't have.

We need a more chill, less capitalist world.

I'm out. I would never buy a console without physical media.

Consoles now cost nearly as much as a PCs, digital purchases are being revoked, and now discs are going away and you're being locked into one storefront where Sony can charge whatever they want. I've enjoyed owning consoles for my entire life but they don't make sense anymore. Somehow, Sony just made the the Steam Machine look like a smart purchase.