The Game Disc May Be Dying And I Think I’m Okay With It

I probably own more than a thousand game CDs, cartridges and floppy disks and yet I’d be hard-pressed to tell you the last time I physically touched a piece of game media. My gaming nowadays is nearly all downloaded – most frequently through Steam, Gamepass and the iOS store. So my thoughts on the news that Sony is probably ditching the physical disk entirely elicited me a general reaction of ‘well, that was bound to happen.’ Anyway, here are twelve things I think I think about the news – mostly positive, a couple negatives. Steam is, in my mind, the gold standard of game distribution. Yeah, I know, they’re not perfect, but Steam won because it just works. If I upgrade my whole system, all my PC games are there, ready to go. In most cases, I don’t have to buy a new version for a new machine. Everyone loves Steam. Why they wouldn’t want Xbox and Playstation to hew closer to that is crazy to me. Gold masters suck, and were increasingly nonsensical. Having to get your game done in August…