What a rabbit hole this woman’s and the US defectors’ stories are. Absolutely fascinating how strange lives they have lived (by choice or not).

I’m actually from Eastern Europe, my mother worked as an international tour guide and traveled all over the Soviet Union and its allies, including North Korea.

She told me the story how she was with her group in that building in middle of the DMZ, staring down the US soldiers on the other side. And lot of other stuff, taken cameras, fake villages, etc. It’s a very crazy country.

Holy shit, what a story. Poor woman.

Fuck NK and fuck its tankie apologists.

Tank(ie) you for your comment!

This is 100% the plan. Also, I would not be suprised if in 5-10 years there are legal limitations on what kind of computing capacity a private person can purchase due to “national security” reasons.

So it’s almost like buying is not owning?

You’re missing something

They will keep selling plastic boxes without discs, so there is 0 pro

The Swiss lesbian leader of the xeno- and homophobic party wants to lead Germany. How perfectly normal

If buying is not owning, piracy is not stealing

They are right. Xbox absolutely shit the bed this generation. I think it’s possible they’ll not make a next gen console

cOnVeNiEnCe

Good timing, Sony putting us plebs into our place

Same view

What the actual fuck

In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.

As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028.  Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. This transition has no impact on games that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in disc format.

This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs. This transition will enable us to align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games today.

We’ll continue to prioritize our resources to drive innovation in how players can access games and provide choices as to where players prefer to purchase new games, whether that’s at retailers or PlayStation Store. We remain committed to delivering a world-class gaming experience to our fans and we thank you for your continued support.

The Xbox strategy playbook:

1. Buy a lot of studios
2. Close them
3. ???
4. Loss

It will not stop being funny that Zuck named the whole company after this failed shit. Hope “AI” will join it in the overhyped tech graveyard in a few years

Right? Softbank is a fucking joke

I’m on Voyager, for me the both links open properly