So…is this it? Is this finally the fabled death of physical games we’ve been wondering about for years now? Maybe. If so, it’s a death one could have seen coming a mile off, said Elliott. “This didn’t come out of nowhere,” he said. “Just last week Rockstar confirmed that GTA 6 would ship with no disc, just a digital version and a code in a box at retail. We argued that the biggest game in the world going disc-less was less a one-off and more a starting gun. Seven days later, Sony fired it. Not a coincidence…” When I asked analysts about this specific question, I phrased it as “the final nail i
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…become such an issue for the platform that its made the 'difficult' decision to discontinue their physical sales altogether By Lewis Parker Published June 10, 2026 10 Games In Steam’s Bullet…
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