Limited Run’s Co-Founder Once Had Aspirations To Make A “Physically-Focused Platform”

“I never made much progress on this idea”.

It’s looking increasingly likely that the future of console gaming is going to be digital-only, as Sony has just announced that it is ending disc production and won’t be shipping an optical drive in the PS6. Xbox is very likely to follow suit, leaving Nintendo as the only hardware maker still invested in physical media.

Despite this move, it’s not unreasonable to expect that boutique publishers, like Limited Run and Retro-Bit, will continue to produce physical games – after all, the Sega Genesis, SNES and Game Boy are no longer in active production, yet we’re still getting new physical releases on these systems.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

“I never made much progress on this idea”.

It’s looking increasingly likely that the future of console gaming is going to be digital-only, as Sony has just announced that it is ending disc production and won’t be shipping an optical drive in the PS6. Xbox is very likely to follow suit, leaving Nintendo as the only hardware maker still invested in physical media.

Despite this move, it’s not unreasonable to expect that boutique publishers, like Limited Run and Retro-Bit, will continue to produce physical games – after all, the Sega Genesis, SNES and Game Boy are no longer in active production, yet we’re still getting new physical releases on these systems.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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