End of Physical Media Mega-thread
Hey folks, I've seen a few of these kind of threads pop up, so I figured a custom mega-thread was in order.
Feel free to discuss PlayStation ending their physical discs, other console makers potentially going all digital, how you feel that does or does not affect you, etc.
If anyone cares, I decided to include my reasoning to make this its own thread, as opposed to the standard Open Discussion thread. This part is safe to skip.
On one hand, I agree that Sony (and likely Microsoft, considering their previous plans) shutting down physical discs very much does affect r/delisted. Until now, if a console game got delisted, you could still get the game on physical. Cases like the recent Condemned: Criminal Origins being pulled from the Xbox Store. That's bad, but at least you could buy a disc off eBay and still play it on your Xbox Series X. Pretty soon, things like that probably won't be an option, and that's bad for everyone.
That said, there's not a lot of actionable advice that can come out of these sorts of posts. It's different than an impending digital storefront shutdown, with their lists of online-exclusive games and advice and such. If Sony decides to stop selling discs, we can't really do anything about it. You won't be able to find the one store still making new Sony game discs, etc.
So, that's why I believe a general post about the PS3 digital store shutting down (and how to get as many games as possible) should stay up, while folks should try to keep keep End of Physical Media stuff in this thread.
Have fun talking,
And as always, be nice!