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This week! Sony drops two bombshells — ending physical PS discs by 2028 and closing the PS3/Vita stores — while Xbox plans its own disc-to-digital move and more closures loom. Greg finishes Forbidden Solitaire and racks up combos in Vampire Crawlers, CJ clears out Picross and starts GTA V (what?), and listeners ask about GameStop's future and industry affordability. Join us, won't you?
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News
Sony to end physical disc production January 2028

Sony tells developers they'll still be able to make discs – but only for older games

PS3 and Vita digital stores to close

Xbox is reportedly planning a way for players to convert their discs into digital copies

State of Decay 3's Undead Labs named as another Xbox studio facing closure

Splatoon Raiders Direct

What'cha Been Playing
Forbidden Solitaire

Vampire Crawlers

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

Picross S: Genesis & Master System Edition

Rhythm Heaven Groove

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Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page

Player One Podcast Discord

Greg Streams on Twitch

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Games I Completed - 2025

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Running time: 01:32:55

If you support us on Patreon, you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7KrTpZ8T4g
Spit Don't Swallow Aftershow
It's CJ vs Greg in an EGM Review Quiz duel! We choose a review and then the other has to guess what game is being described. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at playeronepodcast@gmail.com! Thanks for your support!

This week! CJ and Greg wade through a genuinely grim news pile: GTA VI's pricing and "code in a box" physical edition, the memory crisis pushing console prices toward $1,000, Valve's Steam Machine sticker shock, Xbox's worst sales month on record, and fresh layoffs at Bungie. There's a sliver of good news in a Sea of Thieves movie, and then it's on to what they've been playing — Star Fox, the Rhythm Heaven Groove demo, Picross, Gitaroo Man, and Vampire Crawlers. Listener questions cover next-gen wish lists and the long-lost "baby cast," and much, much more. Join us, won't you?
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Links of interest:
News
GTA VI pre-orders open: $80/$100, physical is a code in a box
Report disputes a later disc-based GTA VI release
Steam Machine pricing revealed
Xbox is increasing prices again
Xbox hits worst US sales month on record, PS5 drops 58%
A major retailer warns of a console shortage this Christmas
Memory prices might never return to normal
Micron locks in historically high memory prices through 2030
Bungie announces layoffs and reorganization
A live-action Sea of Thieves movie is in the works
What'cha Been Playing
Star Fox
Rhythm Heaven Groove (demo)
Picross S: Genesis & Master System edition
Gitaroo Man
Vampire Crawlers
Socials
Player One Podcast Discord
Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page
Greg Streams on Twitch
Greg Sewart's Patreon
Games I Completed – 2025
Other
Double Fine PsychOdyssey

Post Games (Chris Plante's podcast)

PS5 Pro

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Running time: 01:29:27

If you support us on Patreon, you may know that we have been doing Aftershows weekly for many years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past (two years old) on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.
https://www.youtube.com/live/sJ3FORKnfFI
For the Aftershow this week we spend a little more time talking about the Nintendo Entertainment System. If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to us at playeronepodcast@gmail.com! Thanks for your support!

This week! CJ and Greg dig into the grim Xbox news as Ninja Theory, Compulsion, and possibly Double Fine face closure, more executives head for the exits, and Senua gets paraded in front of potential buyers. Then it's lighter fare: GTA VI preorders, a Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Switch 2 port, the long-overdue Switch eShop fix, and Dispatch's HR Violations update. On the games front, the guys cover LEGO Batman, iRacing, Parking Garage Rally Circuit, Pragmata, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Gitaroo Man, The Legend of Kage, and much, much more. Join us, won't you?
https://youtube.com/live/QGFujXr5Z50
Links of interest:
News
Xbox to close Ninja Theory and Compulsion, possibly Double Fine too
Xbox showed off Senua to attract buyers
Some more Xbox execs are leaving
How Things Got So Bad At Xbox – Jason Schreier
GTA VI preorders to start June 25
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance coming to Switch 2 in September
They fixed Switch 1's eShop
Dispatch's censorship eased on Switch
What We Played
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
iRacing
Parking Garage Rally Circuit
Pragmata
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Gitaroo Man
The Legend of Kage
Sea of Thieves
Socials
Player One Podcast Discord
Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page
Greg Streams on Twitch
Greg Sewart's Patreon
Games I Completed – 2025
Other
Subscribe to the podcast
Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here.
Follow us on Blue Sky at p1podcast.com.
Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com.
Running time: 01:02:22