Topic: The Price of Physical Media?

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Huh, that article makes an interesting point: what's the next format of physical media?

Blu-Ray discs have been around for quite a while already, and I haven't seen anything about a potential replacement. Not that it needs it at the moment, but often the next gen of hardware is developed before its own time.

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Originally posted by Doctacosa Huh, that article makes an interesting point: what's the next format of physical media?

Blu-Ray discs have been around for quite a while already, and I haven't seen anything about a potential replacement. Not that it needs it at the moment, but often the next gen of hardware is developed before its own time.

Nintendo Switch seems to be the last of the last popular physical media due to everything going digital. I'm not interested in Nintendo Switch 2, PS6, PS5, or PS4.

Give me a Gameboy Color any day! I just bought Earthworm Jim and Pac-Man for my Gameboy Color.

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