https://locodigital.com.br/en/tags/preservation/Recent content in Preservation on LocodigitalHugoen-USMon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/games/the-end-of-physical-media-on-playstation-and-preservation/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0300https://locodigital.com.br/en/games/the-end-of-physical-media-on-playstation-and-preservation/<p>This week in July 2026, Sony Interactive Entertainment made an announcement plenty of people saw coming, but which still landed like a bomb in the gaming community: starting in January 2028, the company will <strong>discontinue physical media (disc) production for new PlayStation releases</strong>.</p> <p>That transition marks the official end of an era that began way back with CDs on the PS1, and raises an urgent question that goes far beyond nostalgia: <strong>how will we preserve the history of video games if we no longer own the files we buy?</strong></p>