It sucks when the gaming community starts to move towards greedy vs. sustainable profit. Here's Angry Joe of the Angry Joe Show -- the very person who I avoided the mediocre Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and chose Mortal Kombat (2011) instead in the 2000s. I'm no doubt I enjoyed the PlayStation saga. I had played across the PS1-PS4 saga. Right now, having been devoted to other hobbies (like BLOGGING is just a HOBBY), I haven't played PS5 games yet. However, reading the news that Sony plans to end physical discs by 2028 has me worried as a casual gamer.
I was thinking the hybrid model worked better. I thought about PlayStation Store downloads for old games. However, I would've preferred the collection discs like the Mega Man X Legacy Collection or the Mega Man Legacy Collection. It's a real bummer (actually) when I think about Angry Joe's rant here. It's sad, really, but it's the reality. Sony probably got intoxicated with its past successes, like:
- I was told to stop thinking about Nintendo and get a PlayStation instead. So yeah, I probably don't regret not having a Super NES or a Nintendo 64 growing up because the PlayStation was SO MUCH BETTER.
- Tekken was launched on the first PlayStation -- a game that definitely beat the CR*P out of Virtua Fighter more often than not.
- Never had a Sega Dreamcast, but the PlayStation 2 was F*CKING EPIC. Well, I was angry that Capcom didn't remaster Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes in its full glory for the PS2, though! Sega ended up making games for Sony instead.
- By the PlayStation 3 era, there were some exclusives. For example, Mortal Kombat (2011) had epic F*CKING Kratos as a console exclusive.
Basically, Sony defeated Nintendo for a long time. The childhood without a Super NES can easily be "forgiven" becaue the PlayStation was so much better. So yeah, I didn't even think too much about Nitnendo except that I bought the SNES Station bootleg for the PlayStation 2 -- to "heal myself". The bootlegs were common during the first two PlayStations -- but that ended with the PlayStation 3 era.
The real concern Sony should be thinking about is the re-rise of PIRATES. Some people may have remembered buying the pirates of old PlayStation games during the first two consoles. I was thinking that several games like Mortal Kombat (2011) might end up with new pirating. Sure, the Hummer Team may no longer be heard from again. But I wouldn't be surprised if Hummer moved away from 8-bit pirating to actually GAME PRESERVATION.
As said, Sony please reconsider your actions!
As said, Sony please reconsider your actions!
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