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

SecureBoot · 2026-07-02T03:41:29+0100

Classicgamer said:
The hobbyists currently hacking the console are going to be outshadowed when the big dog hackers come out of hiding to crack it and for the people.

Are these big dog hackers in the room with us now?

bonkmaykr · 2026-07-02T04:14:09+0100

>Sell a console with a Blu-Ray drive
>Stop making games for it in the middle of its life
??????

i_likechicken · 2026-07-02T04:23:36+0100

epix74 said:
...so what will happen in the future when the PS6 online store closes? will these digital only games become unplayable?

yes, piracy is the only option no buying new games.

SaudiCraft · 2026-07-02T04:43:37+0100

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.

HellGhast · 2026-07-02T04:58:09+0100

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

Xzi · 2026-07-02T05:19:39+0100

bonkmaykr said:
>Sell a console with a Blu-Ray drive
>Stop making games for it in the middle of its life
??????

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.

szubiennica · 2026-07-02T06:37:49+0100

you will own nothing and be happy

BlackZero500 · 2026-07-02T06:41:37+0100

As i said time and again, i understand your frustration, but for the most part nothing changes. Many games do not fit onto the disc so you have to download it from the sony servers anyway. only part of it is on disk if even. And even then you have to be online every now and again to keep playing those games. So basically nothing changes. The real outrage here should be that the prices should plummet to at least 75% because now there is no Printed Physical disc, no Disc Boxes, no Printed Covers, no Retail delivery, No Storage costs, no Secondary Retail Costs and so on. Thats the real Fuckup in my opinion.

The only sensible thing for a really long time is making Offline Playable backups for everything and supporting Plattforms like GOG for actually selling us games.

Moe87 · 2026-07-02T06:52:12+0100

I didn't realize that decision affect all third party games too.

I thought it was for first party games but it is not since all third party games have to get official discs from Sony.

Jan 2028 would be end of PS5 lifespan and there is no doubt about PS6 would come without BD drive, or limit BD drive for older PS4 and PS5 games and movies only.

yoyoyo69 · 2026-07-02T07:05:47+0100

shaunj66 said:
Rockstar really are trend setters.

This was inevitiable though to be fair. More profit in shareholder pockets, more control.

RIP to this legendary piece of Sony history (didn't take long did it?):

More fool all the idiots who fell for these stunts

So often I see online references to how great Sony were for shaming Xbox or not having plans to go digital only - this is by no means a defense of Microsoft/Xbox, they're as much a toxic presence in the gaming space, if not more

The truth is, Sony were trying to force this exact scenario a decade and a half ago, by a combination of public outcry at "leaks" and failure of their handhelds, kept this back

Microsoft were dumb enough to follow through with it and Sony used the opportunity to enhance their public perception.

Even now they do this after Rockstar have announced digital only.

These corporations are a toxic, criminal destructive presence

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