About this episode

The episode discusses Sony's discontinuation of physical discs, the closure of PS3/Vita stores, and IOI's layoffs following an Xbox shakeup.

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John dive deep into the end of physical discs for Sony (and likely Xbox), the impending closures of the PS3/Vita digital stores, and the potential for Arkane to be on the Xbox reset chopping block. 00:00:00 Intro & everything you need to know about donuts 00:18:50 Sony stopping disc support in 2028 ; the gang goes long on the loss of physical games media 01:06:30 Sony is also closing the PS3/Vita stores 01:15:05 IOI to lay off staff on Project Fantasy, which was backed by Xbox 01:21:07 Arkane may be part of the upcoming closures at Xbox 01:25:55 Memory manufacturers the target of a class action lawsuit alleging price fixing 01:29:55 Summer Games Done Quick 2026 Preview 01:31:35 Star Wars Galactic Racer is the VGBees Game of Show at Summer Game Fest 2026 01:40:20 Anode Heart: Layer Null strips away the mess from card battling RPGs 01:51:54 A very quick note about the AYN THOR 01:56:20 Niki is dipping back into Slay the Spire 2 01:58:07 Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage adds a welcome single player mode to the game 02:02:30 HIVE QUESTIONS 02:50:12 Outro Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lotus, Niki, John

Topics covered

• Sony disc support
• PS3/Vita store closures
• IOI layoffs
• Xbox shakeup
• video game industry news
• game previews
• RPGs

Keywords

• Sony
• Xbox
• physical discs
• PS3
• Vita
• IOI
• Arkane
• video games
• game news
• RPGs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony, Xbox, IOI, Arkane, Summer Games Done Quick

Products: Slay the Spire 2, Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage, Anode Heart: Layer Null

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