Digital archivists rush to save PS3 game data before Sony shuts down the store forever in 2027 — RPCS3 emulator urges users to preserve all content

Sony is shutting down PSN for PS3 consoles next year, so preservationists are being asked to wake up from their slumber to archive everything before it’s too late.

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Xbox reportedly testing a way to digitize physical games in the wake of PlayStation killing game discs — feature said to go back to Xbox One-era games

Microsoft is reportedly testing a feature to digitize physical games going back to the Xbox One with digital copies tied to the owner of the physical disc.

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Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems
 Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems

While Nintendo remains a holdout, this announcement essentially sounds the death knell for physical media in cutting-edge gaming.

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PlayStation is removing over 500 movies from UK customers’ accounts with no refunds — Iconic films like Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, and Mulholland Drive are getting deleted
 PlayStation is removing over 500 movies from UK customers’ accounts with no refunds — Iconic films like Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, and Mulholland Drive are getting deleted

Sony will delete 551 movies from PlayStation users’ accounts in the UK on September 1, 2026. These are films distributed by StudioCanal that no longer come under licensing agreements between the two companies.

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Steam Machine scalping hits $3,000 on eBay as sellers list preorder reservations — scalpers already flipping queues for 2X the MSRP of the 2TB model
 Steam Machine scalping hits $3,000 on eBay as sellers list preorder reservations — scalpers already flipping queues for 2X the MSRP of the 2TB model

Several listings for Steam Machine pre-orders are being sold at markups so high that buyers will have to pay 140% to 167% above Valve’s selling price.

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Rosewill’s M.2 SSD Cloner and Eraser drops to its lowest-ever price of $47 — become an IT hero, or just save yourself some time and frustration
 Rosewill’s M.2 SSD Cloner and Eraser drops to its lowest-ever price of $47 — become an IT hero, or just save yourself some time and frustration

Clone and erase NVMe drives, offline, or connected to a PC, for less than $50.

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Nintendo Switch 2 is once again $399 at Woot for new customers, $419 for returning customers with code — save up to $50 while supplies last
 Nintendo Switch 2 is once again $399 at Woot for new customers, $419 for returning customers with code — save up to $50 while supplies last

Get a brand new Nintendo Switch 2 for less.

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Microsoft increases Xbox Series console prices for the third time in two years, kills off 2TB model — $100-$150 upswings on every model

Microsoft increases Xbox Series console prices for the third time in two years — $100-$150 upswings on every model except the now-dead 2 TB version

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Steam Machines will only come with one 16GB stick of RAM — company may change this to two 8GB sticks in the future, but the first batch of consoles is limited to single-channel memory

Valve confirmed to Gamers Nexus that the first batch of Steam Machines will only have one 16GB RAM stick. This would have a negative effect on the console’s performance, but the company likely did this to keep its price as low as possible, or because it’s the only available option left for the company.

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Valve Steam Machine price hike similar to Steam Deck’s 45% increase, company confirms — was probably priced competitively against the PS5 Pro before the RAMpocalypse

Valve engineers hinted that the nearly 45% price increase on the Steam Deck applied to the Steam Machine as well. This brings the estimated original price to under $750 for the base console.

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