Video Game History Foundation urges ESA to create legal framework for preserving digital-only games
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Chris Scullion
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The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) has called on the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) to find a legal solution for preserving digital-only games, following Sony's announcement that it will stop producing disc-based games by 2028 and close PS3 and PS Vita stores. The VGHF argues that current preservation methods relying on museums downloading games like GTA 6 and hoping they'll run in 50 years are insufficient. They urge the ESA to support legal frameworks that allow libraries and archives to preserve digital games for research purposes, as the industry's shift to digital-only distribution threatens to make many modern games inaccessible to future researchers and historians.
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· 3 pulledAsking museums to download a copy of GTA 6 and hope it'll run in 50 years is not a solution
Sony's double announcement on Wednesday that it will no longer be making disc versions of its games from January 2028, and will be closing the PS3 and PS Vita stores next year, has renewed debate about video game preservation
Some argue that a large proportion of today's modern games may become lost media decades from now, not only due to the closure of digital stores but because many games now rely on connections to servers that may not exist in the future
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