home.social

#discs — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #discs, aggregated by home.social.

fetched live
  1. Just read that #Sony will stop pressing physical #PlayStation #discs for new games from January 2028. Everything becomes #digital only.

    I can not #support this. Without a #disc the customer is only a #licence holder, not a real owner. A digital game can be altered, #locked or completely #deleted with one click, so old #versions simply disappear from your library.

    Because Sony controls the disc #licensing, big #publishers like #EA, #Ubisoft and #Capcom must follow. This is bad for #preservation and turns a #cultural medium into pure #licensed #data.

    With only one #store and no #second-hand #market, the #prices stay high.

    For me this is #unacceptable. It is another reason why I prefer #DRMfree platforms like #GOG, where the game stays mine and stays playable forever.

    #Gaming #Videogames

  2. #Sony will cease production of #discs for new #PlayStation #games by January 2028, shifting to #digitalonly sales. This move reflects the growing consumer preference for digital media and aligns with industry trends, as seen in the decline of #physicalmedia for movies, TV, and music. While this transition may streamline the #gamingindustry and reduce costs, it raises concerns about #gamepreservation and #ownership for some #gamers. gamefile.news/p/sony-drops-pla #tech #media #news

  3. Lilbits: Asahi Linux release fix for booting Linux on macOS 27, Surface Go is going away, and Sony announces plans to stop making PlayStation game discs

    When Apple was shipping computers with Intel processors, there were plenty of ways to install Linux on a Mac. But things got a lot trickier when the company began to switch to its own Arm-based processors around six years ago. The folks at the Asahi Linux team have been doing their best to keep up though, offering builds of a Fedora-based GNU/Linux distro that can be installed on (some) Macs […]

    #ai #appleSilicon #asahi #asahiLinux #digitalDistribution #discs #handset #lilbits #linux #macos #macos27 #microsoft #physicalMedia #playstation5 #sony #spacex #surfaceGo #surfaceLaptopGo Read more: liliputing.com/lilbits-asahi-l
  4. Thoughts on the Sony PS6 no discs & wiped libraries controversy: nearly everything FOSS & digital sovereignty advocates have been warning about has been coming true these days. Proprietary systems attract people to them with their promises of greater convenience & greater capabilities - the thing is those promises can be easily revoked at a later date. Choose your digital ecosystems wisely my friends!


    #Sony #PS6 #digitalsovereignty #foss #gaming #games #freedom #movies #streaming #physical #discs #libre
  5. I don’t know who’d be interested: but this is my rough — VERY rough — guide to #copying #Bluray #discs … !

    youtu.be/JjRSfZoUNgg?si=aIDHEI

    I hope it’s both useful and understandable … !

  6. Demuja debuts on Peach Discs with the five-track, title.txt EP, which channels classic house techniques with dubbed-out sensibilities. #music #Demuja #titletxt #peach #discs

    evl.one/titletxt-ep-by-demuja

  7. 2/ 🌌 Normally, water dominates the inner regions of such planet-forming #discs, where Earth-like planets may emerge. This finding shows that strong #ultraviolet radiation in massive star-forming regions can also drastically alter disc chemistry, and thus the building blocks of future #planets.

    👉 Paper link: doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/2025

  8. 1/ 🌌 A twist in planet formation: Protoplanetary #discs aren’t flat. 🪐

    A recent study led by Andrew Winter from #MPIA and the Queen Mary University of London #QMUL shows many discs are slightly warped instead of being highly symmetrical.

    #PlanetFormation #Astronomy

    🔭 qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2025/sci

  9. Ólafur Arnalds // Re:member // Le londonien installé à Vienne Sohn (aka Christopher Taylor) prête sa voix à Unfold pour des mélopées enlacées de violons à la Michael Nyman, dont l'ombre plane sur cet album très atmosphérique, envoutant comme un brouillard.
    En vente chez Ísland galerieisland.com/products/ola
    #olafurarnalds #sohn #unfold
    #remember #instrumental #music
    #Musique #popmusic #galerieIsland #galerie #Islande #Island #Iceland #morlaix #artisanat #livres #discs #decoration #photo

  10. #Sony announced the discontinuation of recordable "Blu-ray" #discs by February 2023, citing a consumer shift towards digital storage and viewing. Although the decision does not currently include "#PlayStation 5" #game discs or movies, it marks the beginning of the end of physical media, as happened with videotapes and cassettes. This decision came after a #historic competition between Sony and Toshiba at the turn of the millennium; the "#Blu_ray" format (supported by #Hollywood and PlayStation 3) surpassed its rival "#HD #DVD" from Toshiba in 2008 thanks to its larger storage capacity (50 GB).
    Today, the shutdown of "Blu-ray" reflects a radical shift in content consumption towards online streaming and cloud storage, concluding an important chapter in the history of #technology, announcing the beginning of a new digital era, following the path of previous technologies that have become a thing of the past.
  11. My new best friend

    I shoulda picked up one of these years ago

    #DiscGolf #Discs #Innova #Beast

  12. With low audio and video bitrates on #streaming and #discs disappearing, are we entering the era of bitcrushed #art?