Sony delivers the latest nail in physical media's coffin.
PlayStation ending production of physical software in 2028
The company claims the move comes as 'the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs.'
Owning media again - Kedara.eu
This year, one of my aspirations is to rely less on the big streaming services for my entertainment. Why? Well, for one thing, if we give too much power to large corporations by getting overly …
Only seven PlayStation games have sold more than 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, analyst says | VGC
Sony will no longer be releasing new games on disc from January 2028…
Before you place all the blame on Sony, former Destiny 2 CM says Bungie was 'very close to shutting its doors' before the buyout
"It was an emergency acquisition."
Fan PS5 boycott over discs seemingly has little impact in US | VGC
There was “no significant change at all” in player count during PS5 boycott…
Your Loyalty To Sony Or Xbox Means Nothing, Analyst Says
It's a good idea to remember that "you're a number on a spreadsheet" to Sony and Microsoft.
I Won't Play Kojima's New Game Because of the Xbox & Microsoft Boycott
With Xbox as the new game publisher for Kojima's Physint, I won't be playing it due to the Microsoft boycott over the Gaza genocide.
Become the Thousand Servers · Sabot Media
Media Ownership Monitor
Mass media influences how facts are viewed and debated in a society, contributing to crafting its public opinion. Independence and pluralism...
On Betraying Principles
Why Creative Commons must be about more than reducing friction on reuse This week, I had the experience of being told the work we are doing at Creative Commons right now is betraying the founding principles of the organization. This is not the first time and it won’t be the last.
Vibe Graveyard
Real tech failures and postmortems from the world of rushed shipping and bad decisions.
The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.
The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.
Your files. Your account.
AT Storage keeps exact media originals in an owner-only permissioned Space, organizes them into albums. Other file types will be added soon™
Report shows 34% of physical PS5 games and 50% of Xbox Series X games do not work fully without a download first
Are consoles following PC's lead?
Web Browsers, AI, and the Politics of Media Power
The left keeps building media strategies on top of platforms built to undermine them. As browsers are rebuilt for mass surveillance and manipulation, the systems that decide what people see and who gets heard are being rewritten without us. Control over the browser is control over political reality.
