Hideo Kojima ist „wirklich traurig“ darüber, dass PlayStation-Discs abgeschafft werden, und „Angst“ um die Zukunft des Besitzers
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hideo-kojima-really-sad-about-playstation-killing-discs-frightened-for-future-of-ownership/
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Kojima:
“Since production is ending in 2028, this is about video games, but I grew up with physical media, so I find it really sad. Currently, I’ve been buying up a lot of Blu-rays, such as various movies, and CDs too.”
“The situation is different for games \[than movies\], as they are downloaded to the hard drive, that means the game data remains on your own hardware. However, if things shift to streaming in the future, that won’t be the case anymore.”
“That’s how movies work on these platforms, right? You don’t download the data, you access it directly through a subscription. And the consequence of that is that you don’t actually possess the data yourself.”
“There are companies that own these servers and let you ‘turn the tap’ for a monthly fee. However, with nations, politics and various ways of thinking, one naturally has to consider the possibility that if there is a change, the data inside will stop being distributed. And if that happens you won’t be able to watch or play the movies and games you like.”
“That is what is frightening. So, what is happening to video games in 2028, might also happen to movies. I’d like everyone to keep that in mind.”
He’s actually one of the few people who could force sony to reconsider. Imagine the pr nightmare. Kojima games now exclusively on xbox cause fuck digital only
Edit: did not know ms also announced digital only.
He should just make his own console at this juncture.
I highly doubt Sony will listen to anyone, even Kojima.
Greed will ruin anything. Including content. Personally, I won’t miss games but I am collecting movies.
The consumer led this path not the corporations. When you’re a corporation and 90 percent of game sales are digital then going through the costs of printing disc games sounds idiotic and also if you’re Sony you have to look at it as a lost sale on your storefront since they eliminate the used market doing this. Not defending them, but this is what it is. Corpora5tions are not your friend. So this is why when Sony fans like pissing on Xbox’s grave I try to explain to them you want as many players within gaming to be successful and healthy because shit like this happens when there’s monopolies in gaming.
If you read the Insomniac games leak Sony said in that leak that games very soon may start becoming $80 to $100 in price. What do you know some Nintendo games are $80 and now GTA 6 is $80 for standard and $100 for a few shops and customizations. We’re going down a dark path in gaming. $1,000+ consoles, no physical discs, $80 to $100 games, possibly no physical backwards compatibility, etc. Just remember when you fanboy online about MS or any gaming company dying just remember having a monopoly in gaming does not help the end consumer.
What’s gonna happen to stores like GameStop? I mean, let’s be honest – if you’ve been in one in the last few years, it’s mostly junk these days.
I really hope he stops exclusives with sony mainly because of them dropping pc ports again.
It’s happening with movies and tv too. A couple years ago Sony announced slowing down production on physical media players. HBO and Disney don’t make blu rays of a lot of their shows, or they are delayed for long periods of time. (Still waiting for the complete series of Barry that isn’t a bootleg).
Unless there is some kind of legislation providing physical alternatives or changing the way ownership works in digital spaces, consumer media ownership will die.
Empty words from a man who embraced cloud when megatech was handing out cheques
I look back at the Xbone realise show and see that Sony would now say MS were ahead of the curve but too premature.
I will reject any console that doesn’t offer fully fuctionsal games offline physical media even if I have to turn to Nintendo or revert back to PS2 era consoles
Piracy. That’s how people will own their games. Cut off the legal options and the illegal options will be all that’s left.
Death Stranding 3 as a Dreamcast 2 exclusive let’s gooooooooo.
I get people complaining about this but have you bought physical copies of games?
For what its worth, he designed one of the first games I remember putting into my console only to learn I then had to wait another 30 to 45 minutes for the game to download before i could play it.
I’m just saying that was 2008, so no one has been holding these cards close to their chest.
Bro could you imagine if XBOX pulls the Uno reversie on Sony this next generation??? That would be so fucking funny.
Some car manufacturers are disable the features of their vehicles on your car.
They want you to play a monthly fee to enjoy your vehicle after you pay for it in full.
Sony is trying to get everyone on pay month subscription to play games. This before you pay to rent the game when paying to access the extra content for the game.
Will Kojima pull its games from Sony? No.
So him feeling “sad”, is pointless.
The time is right for Sega to launch the Dreamcast 2
My issue with digital only console vs PC is storage. On PC adding storage expansion is simple and I can hold on to every game I’ve purchased off Steam. Expanding storage on a closed system like PS4/5 might void your warranty and is something a lot of people don’t want to mess with. I went digital on PS4 for a while, but it got to the point where I had to prioritize which games to uninstall before getting a new one. Where as having the discs on my game shelf made those decisions a lot easier.
This really isn’t about disc or not, society needs to decide a stance on digital rights. So it’s really sociopolitical.
Preservation is becoming a real isuue . if serves shut down or licenses change, digital ownership can become surprisingly complicated.
I always buy physical copies of the games I love or series I love to play. And I always intentionally buy the disc version of the system. Don’t you dare take it away, Sony! I’ve spent so much money my whole life being a diehard Sony fan, but this will make me hoist the sails or hop on emulators.
Problem is people dont care. They will still buy playstation even if it costs 2000$.
Don’t do it Sony…..
The future of ownership? The future is that there is no future. We already have subscription services in our cars for things like heated seats. People in the largest consumer countries just simply don’t care enough and don’t speak up enough against these predatory practices. They just order and order and subscribe and say „HEY JUST LET PEOPLE ENJOY THINGS“
If he’s that sad he should go make his games xbox only
I don’t quite understand the ownership problem here. Can someone give me some examples of this problem?
If he gives Sony an exclusivity window for his next game. I’ll be really sad.
Fuck you Kojima. You AI user.
If anyone should be fighting the clankers it’s you.
Can someone fill me in on the outrage here? The last few physical games weren’t actually physical games, they were installers in a disk that required massive downloads while the disc acts as DRM…
It was a worse experience across the board!
Why is it just on Sony to bee the „keepers“ on physical disks tho?
Isnt steam a big sucess because PC gamers realized years ago that digital is just more convenient than disks, at the point of letting physical PC games to die without a seclnd thought years ago?
Me too Kojima, me too
This whole controversy is 100% astroturfing from disc manufacturers. No sentient life form takes this seriously.
Sony already ready to go scorched earth, they know people wont fight back.
They own us. Always have