2026 has been full of big storylines in gaming, including Sony's announcement that it will end support for physical PlayStation game discs in 2028 and the trend of consoles getting increasingly expensive. Tim Willits, the chief creative officer at Saber Interactive, caught up with GameSpot at Gamescom this week to discuss these topics and offer up a bizarre-sounding possibility for an "AI box" for games.

He said he was "surprised how upset people were" about Sony ending support for physical game discs. Willits said he hasn't bought a physical game "in a long time" because he enjoys the convenience of digital games. Willits is not alone, as the share of digital game sales is growing at numerous companies.

At the same time, Sony continues to sell millions of physical game discs annually. Willits said Saber still makes "a lot of money" from physical games, especially in Europe, but the trends are different in North America, he observed.

Willits went on to say he had an interaction with someone recently who asked him to sign a copy of Doom 3, a game he worked on when he was with id Software. "So for me personally, I'll miss that in the future," he said.

Part of what many people enjoy about physical games is collecting the boxes they come in and presenting them on their shelves.

Willits said he thinks someone in the future might create some kind of "AI box" into which players can "upload all your games."

Another major storyline in gaming in 2026 has been how video game consoles today are more expensive than ever .

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