The video game disc is dead

电子游戏光盘已死

For decades, to be a gamer was to accumulate a lot of stuff. Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that never worked properly, but mostly the games themselves. Over the years, games have come in every shape and size you can imagine. And now that era appears to be ending.

几十年来，成为一名游戏玩家意味着要积累大量的物品。主机、手柄、配件、那些从未正常工作过的奇怪 VR 手套，但最主要的还是游戏本身。多年来，游戏以你能想象到的各种形状和大小出现。而现在，那个时代似乎即将终结。

On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about Sony’s plan to end production of PlayStation discs, Microsoft’s ongoing strategy for digitizing games, and in general the end of physical game media. It all makes a certain kind of business sense — and these companies are all desperately searching for anything that makes business sense — but it might change the way we buy, share, and consume games going forward. Plus, it’s just much less fun.

在本期《The Vergecast》节目中，David 和 Nilay 讨论了索尼停止生产 PlayStation 光盘的计划、微软在游戏数字化方面的持续战略，以及实体游戏媒体的整体终结。这一切在商业逻辑上确实说得通——这些公司都在拼命寻找任何能带来商业价值的东西——但这可能会改变我们未来购买、分享和消费游戏的方式。此外，这确实少了很多乐趣。

After that, the hosts talk through some gadget news, including OpenAI’s upcoming gadget launch. (No, not that one. Or that one.) They also discuss the purported leaks of the iPhone 18 Pro, the state of the iPhone lineup in general, and whether anyone is actually going to replace your keyboard anytime soon.

随后，主持人讨论了一些小工具新闻，包括 OpenAI 即将推出的设备。（不，不是那个，也不是那个。）他们还讨论了关于 iPhone 18 Pro 的传闻泄露、iPhone 产品线的整体状况，以及是否真的有人能在近期取代你的键盘。

Finally, in the lightning round, it’s time for the Hype Desk, Brendan Carr is a Dummy, some breaking SpaceX phone news, and the strangest BMW headlights you’ve ever seen.

最后，在快问快答环节，我们迎来了“炒作台”（Hype Desk）、“Brendan Carr 是个笨蛋”话题、一些关于 SpaceX 手机的突发新闻，以及你见过最奇怪的宝马车灯。