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PlayStation goes all-digital, lessons learned for Square Enix, and what happens when fantasy projects collide with the reality of Xbox's restructure

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July 4, 2026

 PlayStation goes all-digital, lessons learned for Square Enix, and what happens when fantasy projects collide with the reality of Xbox's restructure
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ComicBook.com

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· Jul 4, 2026

40 Years Later, This Is Still One of Square’s Weirdest Games

Square is one of gaming’s biggest brand names, with its Final Fantasy series among the most iconic franchises in the wider gamer culture. Now known as Square Enix following a merger in 2003, the company has largely been focused on a mix of new stories like The Adventures of Elliot or reimaginings of classic concepts []

Metro

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· Jul 3, 2026

Games Inbox: Giving up consoles because of PS5 going digital-only

The bumper-sized Friday letters page comes to terms with PlayStation’s all-digital future, as a reader embraces the death of physical media.

TheGamer

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· Jul 5, 2026

Best Digital PS Vita Games To Buy Before The PlayStation Store Shuts Down

Here is a collection of digital PS Vita games that you should get while you still can.

Rock Paper Shotgun

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· Jul 2, 2026

The Video Game History Foundation calls on the ESA to offer "meaningful solutions" for preserving digital-only games

While it's not really all that relevant to us PC lot, you've still probably heard word from Sony How To Lend Games To Your Friends PlayStation about them no longer printing new games to discs come 2028. It's awful for a whole host of reasons, and of course the concern of preservation comes at the top of the list. This move from Sony in turn prompted a response from the Video Game History Foundation's Frank Cifaldi, who had some bigger fish to fry than just what Sony are doing in calling on the Entertainment Software Association to help facilitate more meaningful solutions for archives and museums to legally preserve digital-only content. Read more

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· Jul 3, 2026

Square Enix doesn't promise to keep games playable forever, but it will "continue to create pathways" for fans to enjoy them "even after service has ended"

Square Enix doesn't promise to keep games playable forever, but it will "continue to create pathways" for fans to enjoy them "even after service has ended"

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