#physical games

I absolutely hate this trend of phasing out physical media. Sure, it has its uses like being able to access media from anywhere and not taking up much physical storage space. But physical media should always be an option. We live in a time where digital media can be taken away from us. Titles are pulled from streaming services, purchased media can be removed from our personal libraries without a refund because publishers/studios stop supporting it, transfers between devices fail (years ago, my original iPod kicked the bucket and Apple said my songs couldn't be transferred and I was out the cost of thousands of 99 cent songs; yes, I'm still bitter about it).

Physical games should be an option, especially for AAA titles. Physical discs means gamers with bad internet connection or low digital storage can still play. It means that people own their games and can lend/sell/trade them as they please; we can't lose our games because the studio removed it from service. Also you'd think removing the physical aspect of printing and shipping a game would at least have the advantage of lower costs for us consumers but nope, still paying $70-$80 for a digital AAA game is ridiculous.

Even dumber is that they'll probably keep going with the trend of physical game sets with merch like statues and art books, and they'll include the empty steelbook case for a physical game that doesn't exist. I don't want an empty box on my shelf; I want the actual disc!

In closing: you suck, Sony.