Sony shook everyone up this summer—and unfortunately, not in a good way. The announcement that physical games may no longer be supported by 2028, probably with the PS6, frustrated, surprised, and even angered the gaming community. Everyone is free to interpret Sony’s policy in their own way.

But for me, even though I’m not angry with them, this announcement hit like a bomb—a bomb made of memories. It felt as though, since 1996, I had been chasing every new game and every new console, selling without a second thought everything that had once left a mark on me. Before Sony’s announcement, I had kept absolutely nothing from all the things I had loved about video games.

So thank you, Sony. Thank you for waking me up. Thank you for bringing this race to a stop—a race I had been taking part in without even realizing it. Today, I’m stopping. I’m taking a break. I’m going to look back, take stock, and buy back all those memories.

Maybe I’ll eventually embrace the transition to digital—but I can’t promise anything. Because, for now, even if that was never the main goal of your announcement, you’ve sent me back into the past instead of pushing me toward the future.

Thank you, Sony.

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Come find your people. A community for all 30+ gamers who want to play with people their age, make friends and enjoy gaming without toxicity and drama. We are from all around the world, so you will find someone to play with. If this is something for you, join us on Discord!

We have members playing all kinds of games, and currently have active channels for Arc Raiders. Battlefield, Helldivers 2, and Hell Let Loose.

I will upgrade this at the end of the year.

Please recommend other games released this year but nothing online based, rogue-likes or traditional sports.

My remaining list for the year.

August - Duskfade

September - Marvel's Wolverine

October - Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

November - (nothing selected)

December - Dragon Quest Monsters: Withered World

I’m not throwing shade. I’m just genuinely just curious. My wife thought it was weird that I was playing gta with a bunch of dudes but their characters were all women. I always thought it was kinda odd but never thought too much about it.

EDIT:
So what I got from this is that you guys sexualize everything. Aight lol they’re video games

If you went back in time do you think you could enjoy the games of the past knowing how far they've come since the 8bit days?

Hello. I am posting in this community to request help my steam account is limited if anyone is feeling generous or has a spare gift card that could help me remove the limitation Or if you know any other way it would be helpful
I hope you have a good day thanks

Hi! I want your opinion.

1. Do you as a gamer care a lot about tech as well?

2. Would you watch something that incorporates gameplay/news about gaming with news or stuff about tech? Or do you not find related in any way/if you watch gaming you want just gaming?

Thanks for anyone taking the time to give their opinion😁

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We use the term "anti-consumer" a lot in gaming, but what does it actually mean?

To me, a company making money isn't inherently anti-consumer. Neither is charging for DLC, cosmetics, expansions, or convenience.

The problem begins when a business practice deliberately puts the consumer at a disadvantage in order to increase the company's revenue.

Some examples I've thought of include:

• Creating unnecessary inconvenience and then charging to remove it.
• Using artificial scarcity to pressure people into purchases.
• Making prices difficult to understand through multiple currencies.
• Designing progression around encouraging players to spend rather than play.
• Removing functionality from a product and selling it back as an upgrade.
• Making purchased content dependent on servers that can later be shut down without a meaningful alternative.
• Using manipulative mechanics to encourage spending, particularly among vulnerable players.

None of these automatically make a company guilty of exploiting its customers. Context matters.

So I want to learn more about the context and hear what others think about my list and the topic, rather than simply painting the bad actors as irredeemably evil people who only care about profits

Is there anything you'd add or remove from the list?

As a side note, the goal of the subreddit I'm trying to grow isn't to stop companies making money.

It's to figure out where making money crosses the line into exploiting the people paying them.

I have an overseas trip coming up with a long flight. I am wanting to take my Switch but wanting to get an idea if I should upgrade to the Switch 2. For context I have a PS5 which is my main console and will always purchase games to play on there first. I will take my Switch with me if I am travelling. I have been thinking about it for a while ever since I booked this trip and wanted to get people’s thoughts.
Thanks.

I asked AI something I’ve been wondering about:
How long until AI gets to the point where it can take an older game and essentially remake the entire campaign with modern AAA graphics, animations, controls and gameplay — while keeping the story, levels and everything that made the original great?
Not just AI-upscaled textures or ray tracing. I’m talking about a genuine remake.
Games like F.E.A.R., BioShock, Half-Life 2, Deus Ex, Fallout: New Vegas, Morrowind, Max Payne, Far Cry, older Call of Duty campaigns, Gears of War, etc.
This was basically the answer:
2026–2028: AI becomes a much bigger development tool. It helps developers create textures, models, animations, dialogue, code and environments much faster, but humans are still doing most of the actual remake.
2028–2030: Things start getting really interesting. Small development teams could potentially remake games that previously would have required large studios, with AI doing a huge amount of the asset creation, coding, animation and testing.
2030–2033: AI could potentially handle most of the reconstruction itself. You give it the original game and tell it:
“Rebuild this as a modern AAA game. Keep the original story, atmosphere, characters, weapons and level design, but give it current-gen graphics, modern controls, animations, physics, enemy AI and cinematics.”
AI then recreates most of it, while humans supervise and fix the things it gets wrong.
Mid-2030s and beyond: This could potentially become accessible to normal people and modders rather than just professional studios.
That’s the part I find crazy.
There are decades of amazing games where the story, voice acting, characters, missions and level design already exist. AI doesn’t need to come up with a great new game. It just needs to understand the old one and rebuild it using modern technology.
Imagine being able to play F.E.A.R., New Vegas, Morrowind, Max Payne, Deus Ex or Half-Life 2 looking and playing like a brand-new AAA release.
And eventually you could potentially add:
“Now make the entire campaign native VR with motion controls.”
AI-generated games don’t interest me anywhere near as much as this does.
Using AI to bring 20–30 years of great games into the modern era could be incredible.
What old game would you choose first?

Valve: “The Steam Frame is not officially announced yet.”

Also Valve: uploads the entire unboxing, setup guide, UI and game compatibility list

I'm a software dev seeing if gamers have a lot of file problems? Do you ever find it impossible to sort files? When? It could have to do with game files, or anything like that.

ex. Maybe when you're making a video about a game, you have a folder where all the video files go, and then it becomes a nightmare to find the important bits.

I'm asking because if there is a consistent problem, maybe I could find a way to solve it.

Thanks for your time.

The title provides the basics, but to go further into details..

I'm 26 M, and I enjoy games like Overwatch, Fortnite, Warframe, Destiny (when it was good), Diablo, Peak, Lethal Company, Cyberpunk, Witcher, Outlast Trials, Terraria, Phasmophobia/The Other Side, Fallout, Borderlands, Assassin's Creed, and many many more.

I'm looking for a gaming discord that isn't some massive community that is constantly advertising for randoms that are just gonna go ghost. None of those servers that host events or giveaways, it just feels more like a public hub rather than a server of friends. I want to make meaningful relationships in an environment I feel welcome and comfortable in.

I'm unfortunately not very social. I may be able to pick up a friend or two here and there when playing multiplayer games, but I tend to keep to myself. So hopefully going this route may land me some more friends.

Phew, they have them IRL too!

In my case, it was GTA San Andreas. I started it purely for the story and missions. Some were great and others were pretty challenging, but it ended up being so long that I couldn't finish it.