Tag: physical media
PlayStation Bug Removes Purchased Digital Games from Users’ Libraries
AlexGherzo | Mar 11, 2024 | 2
If you needed another argument for buying hard copies of video games (and all media, really), PlayStation just gave you one. An article from Metro reveals that a new bug affecting PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation Vita is “wiping digital games from people’s libraries.” So far, fif...
Read MoreUbisoft Wants Gamers “Comfortable with Not Owning Games”
AlexGherzo | Jan 16, 2024 | 0
Another shot has been fired in the war against physical media. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft’s director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, talked about the video game company’s new subscription service, Ubisoft+. (Disney really started a trend with that plus sign, huh?)...
Read MoreBest Buy Will Stop Selling DVDs and Blu-Rays
AlexGherzo | Oct 13, 2023 | 0
Physical media is being phased out, and a big retailer has just done its part to hasten that demise. Best Buy, the biggest electronics store in America, has announced that it will no longer sell DVDs and Blu-Rays in its stores or on its website; the discs will be phased out by early 2024, with &hell...
Read MoreDisney Will No Longer Sell Physical Media in Australia or New Zealand
AlexGherzo | Jul 30, 2023 | 0
The Land Down Under is about to be deprived of physical media. On its Facebook page, Sanity, an Australian movie and music store, posted a message (which no longer seems to be up) that Disney would no longer sell physical media in the country, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 being its last one. ...
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