Yesterware

The initial announcement of PSVR2 was pretty exciting.  PSVR had been one of the most accessible and curated experiences, and all of the feature improvements seemed poised to make a good thing even better.   As the release date loomed, however, I noticed something odd.  Listings for games were not popping up on Amazon or Best Buy. Then the story came out that PSVR2 was going to be sold exclusively through Sony Direct.  Then someone let most of the air out of the room: none of the best titles announced would be released as physical discs.   Anyone who reads my blog or social media will probably know that I don't participate in the "pay money for games you can't own" machine. Not only is it offensive to me to have someone pretend to sell me something but retain the ability to modify it, disable it, or remove my access to it at will, but this practice of locking games behind a download/login wall is having a destructive effect on preservation.  Once ...