PlayStation's recent Server Outage Proves the Need For Physical Media

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Greg Stokes
18 Feb • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

This past week has had a lot of buzz in gaming, from the PlayStation network outage leading up to their State of Play to Phil Spencer stating he is giving up on bringing players to Xbox but instead wants to bring Xbox games to Nintendo and PlayStation. Gamers and movie fans should hold on to their Blu-ray discs, and Sony is finally pulling the plug on their physical media as they continue to push for a digital-only era.

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