The sooner people stop hanging on to “physical” ( and move on to more productive conservation initiatives ) the better. Sony’s not likely to budge and frankly the medium has been dying for a while. Now DRM-free digital like gog or pirate copies still has a future I think, but relegated to a niche. I’ve been trying to picture the future landscape of gaming and I fear it’s mostly “forever games”. Both sony and ms have been pushing for live service/mobile crap ( and they still have the power to do it ) because a single mediocre skin or season pass can be as lucrative as a whole game. No need to innovate when you can make billions on slop. Take Candy Crush - it’s what, 20 years old and still brings in billions. Same for roblox, despite being known as a pedo-heaven. Games as an artform looks like an increasingly niche hobby for hipster/aging gamers, because the vast majority of people just love their slop.

It’s now time move on - hoard, archive and maybe still try and push for decent consumer protections.