About this episode

The episode discusses Sony's decision to end physical media support for the PlayStation 5 and the implications for gaming and consumer rights.

Come join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase for this special episode of the Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast (Ep 227) as we discuss the news that Sony is ending physical media support for the PlayStation 5 & any future PlayStation systems as of January 1st, 2028. We talk about how we feel about the decision, the balance between physical & digital media, our thoughts on physical media to the medium of gaming & consumer rights, as well as our plans for purchasing future systems for the ones that decide to go digital only, & more. We discuss all of this as our main focus with this week's installment of "Let's Talk About It: Physical Media - Is It Still Important & What Comes Next?" We don't have a "Big Question" this week as the discussion was one that felt too big to have anything else involved, so we will return with a new one next week. Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom , share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord…

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy

Guests: Stephen, Chase

Topics covered

• physical media
• digital media
• gaming future
• consumer rights
• PlayStation 5
• media support

Keywords

• physical media
• digital media
• PlayStation 5
• gaming
• consumer rights
• media support
• future of gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony

Books & works: Let's Talk About It: Physical Media - Is It Still Important & What Comes Next?

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