After Sony announced the end of physical disc production, shifting to digital-only releases in 2028, many debates have started online, and one of the topics is the preservation of games.

With the new rule, players will only have digital access to games via a code, and this access can presumably be revoked at any time. This raises questions not only about players' rights to the games they paid for, but also about the question of preservation of games as works of art and legacy – the idea behind the Stop Killing Games campaign.

Commenting on the topic, Video Game History Foundation Director Frank Cifaldi agreed with a Bluesky post that said that "piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now." Cifaldi called it accurate and said that there are struggles to find a legal alternative:

Video Game History Foundation also issued an official statement about the situation, expressing concern over the lack of legal tools available to museums and archives for preserving digital-only games:

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