Sony's reported plans to end physical disc production have reignited the debate over digital ownership, game preservation, rising prices, and what players actually own when they purchase a game. We discuss whether a digital-only PlayStation future is inevitable, what it could mean for collectors, and whether many longtime console players would finally move to PC.

We also break down the approaching closure of the PS3 and PS Vita stores, Xbox's latest layoffs and studio restructuring, Obsidian's potential future with Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, and whether oversized AAA teams and layers of corporate management are making modern games more expensive and slower to develop.

Plus, we discuss Palworld 1.0, Saros, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, the return of the PS3, the absurd price of retro CRT televisions, and whether any video game can truly be considered objectively good or bad. All this and more! Join us!

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0:00 - Intro: They Took Our Discs!
4:08 - Palworld 1.0 & What We've Been Playing
18:06 - Reviving the PS3 & the Retro CRT Obsession
28:07 - Xbox Layoffs & Obsidian's Fallout Future
43:13 - Are Bloated AAA Studios Killing Game Development?
52:20 - Can Games Be Objectively Good or Bad?
1:03:34 - PlayStation Is Ending Physical Games in 2028
1:10:13 - Will Digital-Only Games Cost More?
1:19:00 - Game Preservation, Licensing & Piracy
1:38:33 - The PS3 and Vita Stores Are Closing
1:46:36 - Will PlayStation Players Actually Move to PC?
1:56:19 - Did Gamers Really Beat EA's Microtransactions?

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