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Xbox needs to make a choice, says former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden: be a publisher or a platform, but you can't be both
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"A hammer blow for games retail" – Experts weigh in on PlayStation's discless future, and the impact it will have on traditional game stores
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"How much innovation can the end-user handle?" – Shawn Layden explains why he said Sony should have made PlayStation Portable 2 rather than PS Vita
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Sony assures developers they can still order some games on disc after 2027 – but there's a catch
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Sony still has to ration attachable disc drives sales to "1 per order" due to "high demand" despite plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation games
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"The future of gaming shouldn't come at the expense of ownership" – Anti-DRM champion GOG restates the fundamentals as PlayStation kills off discs
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Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden on Sony's years-long debate over scrapping discs, and why this time it's probably "a straight spreadsheet decision"
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"RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026" – Players are flocking to Sony's old PS4 anti-DRM video in the wake of its shock decision to scrap physical games
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"Dynamic pricing it is", "prices will surely go up", "this is anti-consumer": the internet reacts with outrage and despair to PlayStation killing off physical media