Sony’s Famous E3 2013 Press Conference Celebrating Disc-Based Games Hits Different Now
Kotaku | 01.07.2026 22:43
The launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One marked a pivotal point in gaming’s history. Neck-and-neck by the end of the previous console generation, the announcement and rollout of both devices sent Sony and Microsoft on two very different trajectories in the years that followed. Sony was relentless that year in hammering Microsoft’s initial plan to roll out online DRM for game discs on the Xbox One, no more so than during its big E3 2013 press conference. The company devoted an entire section of its presentation to praising physical game discs. It now hits different following the news just over 13 years later that Sony itself is moving first to kill off physical game discs for the PS6 hardware generation.
