Sony previously announced that it would completely discontinue the production of physical game disks in 2028, and all new PlayStation games will only be available in digital versions. Recently, foreign media PCGamer published an article stating that "PC has won again, and consoles are declining and becoming worse than PC."

Foreign media published an article saying that PC has won again, and consoles are declining and becoming less and less inferior to PC.

PCGamer first briefly recalled that six years ago, PlayStation announced that it would bring first-party exclusives to Steam. What are today’s Xbox and PlayStation other than ‘worse PCs’? Regarding Sony’s decision to discontinue the production of physical disks, on the PS platform, players can only purchase games in accordance with Sony’s regulations and in places permitted by Sony.

Although the game industry has been moving in the direction of "pure digital distribution" over the years. But for consoles, continuing to retain physical versions is actually one of their last few real differentiating advantages.

Foreign media published an article saying that PC has won again, and consoles are declining and becoming less and less inferior to PC.

In the six years since the launch of PS5, Sony has launched so few blockbuster exclusives that are truly enough to "sell a console" like in the past that it is hard to imagine. Are today's gamers really willing to spend close to $1,000 to buy a console? Sony can revoke your permission to use content purchased on its platform at any time. It will also stop selling old games once it becomes no longer cost-effective to maintain the old digital store. Then players have to ask: What is the remaining meaning of the existence of this device?

PC may have been the first to push the industry into the digital gaming era many years ago, but the point is that as long as someone is willing, someone can still make and sell physical versions of PC games today. Price used to be the biggest advantage of consoles, but the rise of AI has killed this. Ease of use was once the second greatest advantage of consoles, but over the years console manufacturers have made this experience worse and worse, while making the PC experience better and better. At present, except for Nintendo, there are very few powerful exclusive works that can really make people willing to spend money.

As far as the current trend is concerned, when the PS6 actually arrives, anyone who buys it will probably spend more money to buy a worse thing.