… The internet is not taking the news well, and hot on the heels of f ans reacting poorly to GTA6 seemingly going digital-only, I imagine this will be an even bigger shitstorm that lasts well beyond today: incredible of playstation to announce the end of physical disc production the week after they d… …
Outage Physical Games Xbox By Zack Zwiezen Published July 29, 2026 | Comments 2 Earlier this week, t he Xbox servers went down for an extended period of time . This locked many players out of their digital games, but some even reported being unable to play physical games, too. …
… Ubisoft’s leadership was asked about the situation on the Assassin’s Creed maker’s latest earnings call, and suggested that while there were pluses and minuses to abandoning physical, it would probably not “disturb” the industry too much. “What we saw on the PC is that it helped to grow the market,… …
… The disc-to-digital program is an attempt at future-proofing the potential forthcoming end of physical disc drives by granting users a transferable digital license for games they own on disc. …
… In a way, this also reinforces the larger point about physical games that analysts have been making for years . Even as most consumers opt for digital downloads, the total sale of physical games each year still isn’t nothing. …
… That’s roughly a third of physical game sales converted to digital ones or totally wiped out. …
… The ratio of digital to physical sales on Switch 2 is ticking upward Nintendo digital vs. physical sales ratio: Digital -61.5% Physical – 38.5% pic.twitter.com/MlJOOSyOGZ — Stealth @Stealth40k August 6, 2026 The proportion of digital sales went from 59.3 percent in the first quarter of Nintendo’s l… …
… There will be a bundle that includes both, which costs $40 on most platforms, but the physical Switch 2 port costs $50. Strange. There seems to be no physical Xbox release. 🕹️ Level up your inbox Don’t miss the latest reviews, news and tips. …
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