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Catherine Lewis

PlayStation "may as well eliminate the hardware" if Sony is ending physical discs, says creator of Disgaea RPG series: "Why would you need the console?"

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless screenshot shows a blonde girl with cat ears holding a gun.

Disgaea series creator and former president of Nippon Ichi Software, Sohei Niikawa, has spoken out against Sony's decision to kill discs for new PlayStation games from 2028, saying the company "may as well go all the way" and "eliminate the hardware too."

Sony's controversial announcement earlier this month has sparked outrage across the games industry, with everyone from players to devs raising concerns about the future of physical media, game preservation, ownership, and more. I'm honestly struggling to think of a single person I've seen in favor of the decision, and Niikawa certainly isn't one of them.

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