Death of Physical Gaming | Gamers Are Hurting | Price Hikes | Power Hour Ep. 348
About this episode
The episode discusses the decline of physical gaming and recent price hikes in the gaming industry.
Welcome to the Power hour Podcast. In today's episode Brian and Jim discuss the following. - intro- What are we drinking- What are we playing- Patreon Questions- Recent Price Hikes - Steam Machine https://x.com/wario64/status/2069103313354666458?s=46&t=KaxsMJ6sFiHEUbtKTf9LQQ - Xbox https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/25/xbox-console-price-update/?ocid=Platform_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Text_lrn_6.25.2 - Sonic 1 and 2 iam8bit https://x.com/iam8bit/status/2069496784884256856?s=46&t=KaxsMJ6sFiHEUbtKTf9LQQ - GTA 6 https://x.com/stealth40k/status/2069735945079853062?s=46&t=KaxsMJ6sFiHEUbtKTf9LQQ - Physical disc production to end on Sony https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/ - Sony removes movies Sony removes hundreds of purchased ---PlayStation Store movies from customer libraries - PS3 and Vita stores shutting down PS3 and PS Vita PlayStation Stores Shutting Down for Good - PlayStation LifeStyle - Xbox also ditching disc drives…
People in this episode
Hosts: Brian, Jim
Topics covered
- physical gaming
- price hikes
- gaming news
- digital vs physical
- console updates
- game production
Keywords
- physical gaming
- price hikes
- Steam
- Xbox
- Sony
- GTA 6
- PlayStation
- digital games
- console updates
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Steam, Xbox, Sonic, GTA 6, Sony, PlayStation, PlayStation Store, PS3, Vita, Microsoft
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