Why A Crash Won’t ‘Reset’ The Games Industry

With all the terrible news of layoffs and that the games industry is in a dire state, some people online have said a crash is the only way to fix things. It won’t.

Trying to cancel PS Plus? Sony might just make you an offer

PlayStation users report receiving discounts of up to 50% on PS Plus subscriptions when attempting to cancel, suggesting Sony is testing a new retention strategy.

PlayStation’s disc-killing move may have blindsided the very partners keeping its games business alive

Sony’s reported PlayStation disc pullback allegedly caught publishers and retail partners off guard, turning a familiar ownership fight into a broader trust problem for the PlayStation ecosystem.

Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI
Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI

Rockstar’s long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI is launching November 19th, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X consoles. The game will be available digitally at launch, with physical cases containing codes, not discs, so your options for preordering are straightforward. The preloading phase for the game begins on November 12th, which should give you […]

PS5 Disc Drive purchase cap predates Sony’s disc cutoff — ‘high demand’ order limit has been on the store page since at least March 2025

Meanwhile, the largest petition against the disc cutoff sat beyond 74,000 signatures on the morning of July 4th, closing in on its 75,000 goal.

Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed
Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

The video game disc is dead, and Sony’s been planning to kill it for some time, according to a report out of Austria. The man who leads Sony’s discmaking operations, Sony DADC president Dietmar Tanzer, told ORF Salzburg that the company’s Thalgau plant produces 600,000 discs every day, half of which are for PlayStation. But […]

In the future of gaming, you’ll pay lump sums, and ‘own nothing’ — and that’s exactly what Sony has just kickstarted
In the future of gaming, you’ll pay lump sums, and ‘own nothing’ — and that’s exactly what Sony has just kickstarted

Physical games are dead thanks to Sony, and the future of gaming doesn’t look bright at all, with the absence of game ownership.

Digital archivists rush to save PS3 game data before Sony shuts down the store forever in 2027 — RPCS3 emulator urges users to preserve all content

Sony is shutting down PSN for PS3 consoles next year, so preservationists are being asked to wake up from their slumber to archive everything before it’s too late.