Ken Kutaragi practically willed the PlayStation into existence against the wishes and judgment of many others at Sony. His tenacity paid off. Decades after the PS1 launched, the PlayStation brand is dominant in the world of high-end console gaming. But the discs that propelled the platform to success are not long for this world, and Kutaragi thinks the death of physical PlayStation games makes sense.
“I understand that physical discs have become a metaphor for ‘owning’ games. I really understand that mentality,” he told VGC in a new interview. “But nobody thinks [physical media] is necessary for a networked device
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