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

MicroNut99 · 2026-07-09T06:34:29+0100

If the economy was better then this wouldnt have happened.

ChibiMofo · 2026-07-09T06:47:54+0100

ppkantorski said:
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https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Insider+Sale:+President+and+CEO+of+$SONY+Sells+225,000+Shares

You do realize that CEOs regularly sell large shares of stock, right? I'm old enough to remember when stories like these made the rounds during MSFT's antitrust investigations in the 1990s, and reps for MSFT had to point out that Bill Gates regularly sold stock every quarter. Means nothing.

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Also, some 250,000 Sony fans have "signed" the pointless Change.org petition. That means only 94,890,000 PS5 owners cannot be bothered because they don't care about physical media.

Let those figures sink in before claiming that there is a huge outrage over this announcement. You people are in an echo chamber experiencing a false consensus effect.

Xzi · 2026-07-09T07:08:03+0100

MicroNut99 said:
If the economy was better then this wouldnt have happened.

You're not wrong, but it's several steps beyond that too. If we had more consumer protections in the US, this wouldn't have happened. If we had a president that wasn't a greedy obese moron with late-stage dementia, this wouldn't have happened.

whitesword7 · 2026-07-09T08:30:52+0100

I don’t have a PS5 but I guess not many of you bought the disc trays add on huh? so much for supporting physical game

only have yourself to blame

my point is they will never axed physical media if its their majority of profit, but they decide to axed it, so you do the math

to the guy above me saying “this would never happened” with a “better economy”, did you know all physical game already disappeared on PC? find me a physical disc of PC Expedition 33

blockbuster goes bankrupt, netflix steamrolled movie theater, laptop doesnt ship with disc drive anymore and there’s no more physical pc game, and yet some people are still coping this will never happened to console

, but oh yeah blame all of that to donald fucking trump, jeez

Ondrashek06 · 2026-07-09T09:13:02+0100

retrospect said:
There's a change.org petition now:

https://www.change.org/p/don-t-kill-the-disc-tell-sony-to-keep-physical-playstation-games

Change.org is essentially the equivalent of yelling at a brick wall...

ChibiMofo · 2026-07-09T10:05:44+0100

whitesword7 said:
blockbuster goes bankrupt, netflix steamrolled movie theater, laptop doesnt ship with disc drive anymore and there’s no more physical pc game, and yet some people are still coping this will never happened to console , but oh yeah blame all of that to donald fucking trump, jeez

In fairness, he is to blame for almost everything else wrong in the world. I mean even you wouldn't deny that; only a fascist, Nazi-saluting fool like Elon Musk would.

namename11 · 2026-07-09T10:51:00+0100

Physical games still outsell digital for a bunch of releases according to the Insomniac leak, but Sony has to subsidize the PS6 somehow in this shitty economy.

whitesword7 · 2026-07-09T15:01:01+0100

ChibiMofo said:
In fairness, he is to blame for almost everything else wrong in the world. I mean even you wouldn't deny that; only a fascist, Nazi-saluting fool like Elon Musk would.

uhh okay? how does mentioning nazi and elon musk added anything to this discussion thread? this is why I rarely open gbatemp anymore

anyway forget that, getting back to the topic I just want to say for those still stuck on Sony’s walled garden, you guys should come here to the PC community. While yes PC is the same with the digital only thing, at least we have DRM free GOG, Cracked game which is a godsend for game preservation, every emulator on earth, and also MODSSSS

Bassline_Addict · 2026-07-09T16:22:53+0100

whitesword7 said:
uhh okay? how does mentioning nazi and elon musk added anything to this discussion thread? this is why I rarely open gbatemp anymore

anyway forget that, getting back to the topic I just want to say for those still stuck on Sony’s walled garden, you guys should come here to the PC community. While yes PC is the same with the digital only thing, at least we have DRM free GOG, Cracked game which is a godsend for game preservation, every emulator on earth, and also MODSSSS

That’s exactly what I’m going to do thank you for the advice should I build my pc or buy a new one?

UnderJinx · 2026-07-09T17:54:06+0100

How will it affect piracy on their consoles

Bassline_Addict · 2026-07-09T19:10:48+0100

I believe a lot

Larsenv · 2026-07-09T19:33:55+0100

At this point, aren't physical games for the PlayStation just proof essentially you own the game? Since the games nowadays get loaded with patches, it probably doesn't load much from the disc

ShintaiUS · 2026-07-09T20:17:50+0100

whitesword7 said:
oh yeah blame all of that to donald fucking trump, jeez

That R'ed POS IS to blame for most of the problems.

Larsenv said:
At this point, aren't physical games for the PlayStation just proof essentially you own the game? Since the games nowadays get loaded with patches, it probably doesn't load much from the disc

Nah, plenty of games are playable with the base game.

RedBlueGreen · 2026-07-09T20:35:19+0100

ChibiMofo said:
and
"Reminder that if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft." -- @RedBlueGreen

I sail the seas with Captain Fitgirl without regret nor idiotic justifications like "If buying isn't owning, then Piracy isn't stealing" or "corporations are greedy." Grow up and steal like a man. It's not "preservation" and it's not justified. It's free. Just like me in the land of neofascism on its birthday.

Justified in many cases, like end of life when you can't buy new games (like what's happening to the PS3 and Vita next year). But you'd have to be able to see nuance, which I don't think some snarky turd whose about as clever as a bad Adam Sandler movie is capable of doing.

ChronosNotashi · 2026-07-09T21:47:37+0100

MicroNut99 said:
If the economy was better then this wouldnt have happened.

If the economy was better, Sony would've still tried to find an excuse to do this anyway. In case you forgot, they already tried once before some time ago, but reversed their decision when they received enough backlash over it. The current state of things just gives enough scapegoats and distractions their fanboys can (ab)use that Sony can move forward without risking another huge backlash.

Besides, the pirates would've grabbed everything they wanted to by now, so Sony won't have to fear pushback from "preservationists", either.

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Xzi said:
You're not wrong, but it's several steps beyond that too. If we had more consumer protections in the US, this wouldn't have happened. If we had a president that wasn't a greedy obese moron with late-stage dementia, this wouldn't have happened.

Just to remind everyone blaming the current president, it was during the previous presidential term (2021-2024) that Sony first attempted to shut down the PS3/Vita stores. In the long run, they don't give a crap about who's in charge (unless whoever's in charge directly conflicts with Sony CEOs' and shareholders' goals). It just so happens that the circumstances of the current year provide ideal conditions for them to move on with their plans at low risk, due to all the scapegoats they can use (such as our current president, who clearly didn't have to wait long to take 90+% of the blame for Sony's own actions).

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ChibiMofo said:
In fairness, he is to blame for almost everything else wrong in the world. I mean even you wouldn't deny that; only a fascist, Nazi-saluting fool like Elon Musk would.

Not sure what nazis and elon have to do with Sony being a bunch of assholes who already tried this move once during a Blue Jersey's campaign.

ChibiMofo · 2026-07-09T22:20:32+0100

RedBlueGreen said:
Justified in many cases, like end of life when you can't buy new games (like what's happening to the PS3 and Vita next year). But you'd have to be able to see nuance, which I don't think some snarky turd whose about as clever as a bad Adam Sandler movie is capable of doing.

Just so you know going forward, it is literally impossible for someone who uses the toddler term "turd" to actually insult me. And no, I don't expect you to understand that statement; it's for everyone else to collectively laugh in your general direction.

And no, there's no justification for theft. Those games are still protected IP and could be released in future collections of old games for new platforms. Even if they weren't, that doesn't justify stealing them. Just grow the hell up and

embrace your inner ~~preservationist~~ thief.

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ChronosNotashi said:
Not sure what nazis and elon have to do with Sony being a bunch of assholes who already tried this move once during a Blue Jersey's campaign.

No one said that they did, so obviously you can't follow the thread and I cannot be bothered to explain it to you.

ChronosNotashi · 2026-07-09T22:36:04+0100

ChibiMofo said:
No one said that they did

Right. No one, except for you. So again, how do they relate to the current topic? Why even bring them up in first place? If you can't answer that, then please: KEEP THE POLITICS OUT OF THE NON-POLITICAL SECTIONS.

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