{"id":1014804,"date":"2026-08-21T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014804\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:47:18","slug":"no-more-playstation-discs-means-no-more-disc-butts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014804\/","title":{"rendered":"No More PlayStation Discs Means No More Disc Butts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony is ending its physical disc production for PlayStation games beginning in 2028<\/a>. A lot of people are very reasonably worried about this for very valid reasons: there are concerns around digital ownership, the decimation of the used games market, worries this may price some people out of buying games entirely, or just frustration around not being able to hold a disc in one\u2019s hand. I want to be clear that I think these concerns are all important and valid, and I think this is a terrible move on Sony\u2019s part.<\/p>\n

But today I also want to whine about a trivial knock-on effect that I keep thinking about: Sony getting rid of discs means no more new Disc Butts.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a Disc Butt? I\u2019m so glad you asked. A Disc Butt is when the image on a video game disc lines up perfectly in such a way where you can put two fingers together up against the back of the disc and make it look like the character on the front of the disc has a naked butt. The most famous example of this is Bloodborne, of course, as shown here:<\/p>\n

\"2054\u00a9 Kotaku <\/p>\n

But Overwatch did something similar:<\/p>\n

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA BUTTS #Blizzard<\/a> #Overwatch<\/a> #Tracer<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lCKoKJ4sOI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stacey Jenkins \ud83d\udc80\u26b0\ufe0f (@HereLiesStacey) May 25, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And other games like Far Cry: Primal and Uncharted 4 have offered, uh, alternative opportunities<\/a> for goofing around with fingers and discs.<\/p>\n

If you already own these discs, your ability to make fun little butts and things with those existing discs isn\u2019t going away. But we\u2019re never going to have any new ones after 2028 for PlayStation games, and conceivably not for Xbox games, either, if the rumors are true<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Reb,\u201d you say, \u201csurely companies have learned their lesson and would never produce a disc that allowed for a Disc Butt again anyway?\u201d Absolutely not. Companies never learn lessons. I am certain that were discs allowed to continue, someone would once again put a character in a, um, compromising position on a disc, and we\u2019d get to do this gag again and again. But after 2028, it\u2019s as good as over. No matter how much we yell at Sony about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I know this isn\u2019t anywhere near the biggest issue with the end of physical games. I\u2019m personally pretty pissed off about how this means I\u2019ll never be able to truly own any of my new PlayStation games after 2027, and I\u2019ve written before about how much I already miss video game bargain bins. But it sucks to lose the ability to hold a thing in your hands and manipulate it and draw on it and share it with a friend and have your younger sibling scratch the hell out of it and otherwise mess it up. You could argue some of those things are inconveniences we\u2019re best rid of, and I feel like I\u2019m turning into an old fogey (in my 30s) being upset about it, but I just liked it when stuff was real, you know?<\/p>\n

Also, butts are funny! I\u2019m sad there will be no new little Disc Butts to be made. Bloodborne will just have to keep me company forever.<\/p>\n