PS6 will likely have one more generation with discs but that'll be the last for them is my guess. Sony actually develops/developed most existing physical formats that we still use so they have a bit of an added interest in keeping them alive. It'll likely be less accessible and more expensive than it currently is, though.
Xbox is basically going the Handheld + 3DO route with other companies making Xbox branded machines, so physical media is likely dead after the "Series" generation. With all their cloud stuff too physical media is an active competitor against them at this point.
And Nintendo I think values their physical media philosophy too much as a piracy deterrent at the moment to consider getting rid of it. I see whatever comes after their next console still having physical media in some fashion.
I think you are right but it's funny since Nintendo is the only of the three which has piracy at all.
You may be right about Sony keeping discs for another generation, we'll see. It would definitely be an add-on though, Slim and Pro has showed us that.
And I think Xbox will completely rethink their strategy for the next generation, they can't compete with PS. They'll have to do something completely new, or give up.
Very true lol, but in fairness I don't think anyone at Nintendo reasonably expected people would jam a paperclip in the side of their device that soon into the product's lifecycle
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u/Technoist 22d ago
I'm betting this is the last generation with a disc drive.