Limited Run's Co-Founder Once Had Aspirations To Make A "Physically-Focused Platform"

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/limited-runs-co-founder-once-had-aspirations-to-make-a-physically-focused-platform

"I never made much progress on this idea" - It's looking increasingly likely that the future of console gaming is going to be digital-only, as Sony has just ...

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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 47d (3 replies)

Crazy idea: Valve needs to start designing a version of the Steam Machine with a disc drive

SolarPunker@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 47d (1 reply)

I can see third party companies for this since Valve is probably the last one who wants you to not buy digital.

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 46d

Plus you'd need Lutris or Heroic Games Launcher to get games running.

But if it was a BluRay drive, you should still be able to watch movies without issue

thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 47d

I’d love to see something like the SuperDock come out for the Steam Machine, except like - actually functioning would be a bonus!

SolarPunker@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 47d

The problem with LRG and similar is the limited factor, we don't need another scalper paradise but more prints and aviability.

arcine@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 46d (2 replies)

If I had to make a platform with physical media, I would distribute games on SD cards.

Games would come on a micro-SD card, coming inside the box inserted inside a full-size SD adapter for compatibility's sake.

The boxes would probably be around 3DS box sized to enable including a manual, proper box art and a back cover, while being compact.

I know this is controversial but I would make the boxes out of cardboard. Collectors can keep them, and non-collectors can just throw them in the recycling.

LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social · 3 pts · 46d (1 reply)

SD Cards are a damn lot more expensive than discs though.

SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 46d

And don't last nearly as long.