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Sony is putting the stickers on PS5 boxes and product pages to inform buyers that newly released PlayStation games will be digital-only starting January 2028 and that discs for games released before then will still work. The article says the same warning text has appeared on European Amazon and Sony pages, suggesting Sony added it to comply with consumer protection laws in those regions. Answered

Igor Bonifacic for Engadget Now we have enough of a base to understand why retro games look the way they do on modern TVs. One major issue is that recent LCD and OLED TVs don't offer great analog connections. If you're lucky, your TV might have composite ports. But even if that's the case, composite cables introduce a lot of noise to the signal from your console. Chrono Trigger (1995, Squaresoft) – SNES PC Emulator vs. SNES Composite via Sony KV-14M10 Recycling this comparison I did last year for Toriyama's passing in celebration of Chrono Trigger's anniversary! — CRT Pixels (@crtpixels.bsky.

Igor Bonifacic for Engadget I love CRTs, but I don't recommend you buy one. For the most part, they don't fit into modern life. They're heavy, noisy and repairs are often difficult and can even be dangerous to carry out if you don't know what you're doing. Finding a quality set is also becoming harder. If someone has a CRT TV or monitor that's even a bit of a collectable like my Sony KV-9PT50 (pictured above), they almost certainly know its value and will ask eye-watering amounts of money to part with it.  I do think CRTs are still the best way to experience retro games, but with devices like

Navok argues that current PS Store prices are anchored to physical retail pricing, so if discs disappear publishers will compete directly on the PS Store and drive prices down similar to Steam. He points to Final Fantasy XVI's falling Steam price as an example and emphasizes that publishers, not Sony, set PS Store prices, while competition between storefronts mainly changes developer revenue rather than consumer prices. He also admits this outcome is speculative. Answered