Death of Physical Gaming | Gamers Are Hurting | Price Hikes | Power Hour Ep. 348

Welcome to the Power hour Podcast. In today's episode Brian and Jim discuss the following.

- intro- What are we drinking- What are we playing- Patreon Questions- Recent Price Hikes - Steam Machine https://x.com/wario64/status/2069103313354666458?s=46&t=KaxsMJ6sFiHEUbtKTf9LQQ - Xbox https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/25/xbox-console-price-update/?ocid=Platform_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Text_lrn_6.25.2 - Sonic 1 and 2 iam8bit https://x.com/iam8bit/status/2069496784884256856?s=46&t=KaxsMJ6sFiHEUbtKTf9LQQ - GTA 6 https://x.com/stealth40k/status/2069735945079853062?s=46&t=KaxsMJ6sFiHEUbtKTf9LQQ - Physical disc production to end on Sony  https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/ - Sony removes movies Sony removes hundreds of purchased ---PlayStation Store movies from customer libraries - PS3 and Vita stores shutting down PS3 and PS Vita PlayStation Stores Shutting Down for Good - PlayStation LifeStyle  - Xbox also ditching disc drives https://www.ign.com/articles/xboxs-new-console-project-helix-will-reportedly-not-have-a-disc-drive-microsoft-exploring-ways-to-digitize-physical-games?utm_source=bluesky,threads,twitter

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