While Sony recently triggered player outrage by confirming the end of physical media by 2028, the Japanese company is paradoxically preparing to market a machine equipped with an optical drive as early as October. However, there is no point hoping to insert your Blu-Ray discs into it: it is an official replica of the legendary PS One signed by Lego, particularly successful.
If you take the time to browse the comments under the official presentation video of this replica, get the popcorn ready: the community is raving, not without irony, about the presence of a component that has suddenly become a collector’s item in the eyes of purists, namely a fully openable disc drive.
PlayStation and Lego, the specter of a fully digital 2028
Sony may release the most beautiful products in the world, but fans’ feedback will never again fail to mention this point of contention: starting in 2028, the company will sell only digital-format games, you know, the ones you don’t even own.
PlayStation Lego: a replica rich in detail
In the hope that this does not overshadow this magnificent 26-centimeter-wide (almost to scale) replica of the very first PlayStation, made up of 1,911 pieces. Admire the attention to detail, with these functional power and eject buttons, this top-opening disc tray, and two hidden dioramas, in the colors of two console legends, Gran Turismo and Ape Escape.
Available from October 1. Suggested retail price: 159.99 euros.