Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now abandoned just as Sony kills physical media

Germany's ambitious project to create the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive has fallen apart due to the expiration of its €1.5 million public funding. This initiative, which aimed to preserve and showcase over 60,000 games, was intended to be a massive cultural resource but is now abandoned. The collapse of this project comes at a time when Sony is phasing out physical media, highlighting a broader trend in the gaming industry moving away from traditional formats. This failure underscores the challenges in sustaining such extensive cultural preservation efforts without ongoing financial support.