Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games...
by ai_ja_nai on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @10:45AM
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what will happen when in 10 years they will want to discontinue those games? will they be hosting them forever?
how are we going to preserve all the videogames production from 2028 on?
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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games...
by explosionpunch on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:21AM
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The unfortunate thing is that there actually already is a government mechanism for this, in the US at least, but it's been lobbied against by the industry [0]. So like, there already is a way to do this, the same way that libraries are allowed to preserve copies of every book, but the video game industry blocks it from happening.
[0] https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/u-s-copyright-office-...