New podcast episode is out on Patreon. Likely will be out in a few days on YouTube. John goes on a half hour epic rant and ends it with saying this is the worst decision Sony has ever made. Rich concurs.
"Today you can still download data. But at one point games will make into streaming services like Amazon or Netflix and companies will decide if you can play a game or not [...] At this point I won't have anything of my own [...] the data will be somewhere in a company and I will have the right to access it or not depending on how much this data tap is opened.
The fact that the initial data is not in my possession but is somewhere held by a private company means that I will always have that risk that for any reason, whether commercial or political, the company could prevent access to that data and therefore I will no longer be able to see that film, I will no longer be able to play that game.
This is what's happening next for the world of video games and I fear it will also happen for cinema."
This is a list for national competition authorities in Europe. I’m sure all countries have similar authorities.
Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed | The Verge
It seems that, with or without the fans' outrage, Sony has already made its final decision. The company's disc manufacturing plant in Austria will cut disc production by 90% by 2028 and transition to manufacturing microlenses instead.
Many people are starting to discover and report this in America and Europe, following the insanity to end physical disc production.
