{
  "id": 165922,
  "title": "Sony’s Disc-Free PlayStation Tests Whether You Still Own Your Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/sonys-disc-free-playstation-tests-whether-you-still-own-your-games",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T06:00:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Gadgeteer",
    "slug": "the-gadgeteer",
    "url": "https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/08/05/playstation-digital-games-ownership-2028/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A game disc is still one of the few pieces of tech you can lend, resell, or run without asking an account server for permission. Sony just put a date on that version of ownership. The company announced that new PlayStation games will stop shipping on physical discs in January 2028, and the reaction inside […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}