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Sony is moving away from physical discs, will soon only release PlayStation games digitally

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Sony made a shocking announcement today, revealing that the company plans to move away from physical game releases in the future. Citing claims of how the industry is moving away from physical copies and disc-based games, and prefers digital media, PlayStation will follow suit, and will only release PlayStation games digitally. Starting January 2028, physical disc production will end, and you'll only be able to purchase video games through a digital format, either from retailers or PlayStation themselves.

According to the most recent financial report from Sony, only 3% of PlayStation's annual sales came from physical software releases, with projections for that already low number set to fall even further through the end of the PlayStation 5's lifecycle.

As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028. Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. This transition has no impact on games that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in disc format.

This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs. This transition will enable us to align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games today.
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This is how you condition the market to work in your favor; you squeeze it as much as you can then claim it's not doing well.
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🏴‍☠️ Sail the Seven Seas me hearties 🏴‍☠️

Boycott GTA-6 & it's No Disk physical release coz this announcement from $ony is not a coincidence, Gta6 is the most anticipated entertainment launch ever & is going to normalize & set a trend be it the new $80/$100 price to Code in A Box physical games, & ofcourse $ony is jumping into that momentum to pad their profit margins by eliminating blu-ray drives.

Fuck Take-2, Fuck Rock🌟, Fuck $ony as a staff, record label and as a m0therfuck1ng crew, Micro$lop Fuck you too, Fuck all these greedy AF corporate m0foz

My .44 makes all yo k1ds don't grow...wait...why am I reciting the lyrics to Hit 'Em Up
 
bonkmaykr said:
>Sell a console with a Blu-Ray drive
>Stop making games for it in the middle of its life
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They already had a digital-only model at launch though, and the writing on the wall became even clearer when PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro came without a disc drive by default.
 

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