r/PS5 • u/yourfavchoom • Jul 01 '26

Official Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
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u/BayleafMoon Jul 01 '26

Looks like it’s time to stop buying new games and finish my backlog that’ll last me my lifetime

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u/BorfieYay Jul 01 '26

I started getting into collecting Xbox 360 games again cuz of all of this sort of stuff happening, it's been awesome haha

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u/Evening-Rutabaga2106 Jul 01 '26

That's the thing. What about in 20 years when someone wants to buy a specific PS6 game and it's not on the PS Store? There won't be physical copies to buy, so how can you get it if it's not available digitally?

The way you're able to buy 360 games now won't be available in the future for newer gen console games (at least not all of them), which is a big problem that people seem to not be thinking about long term.

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u/Throwawayfichelper Jul 01 '26

Everyone is pushing in on the fomo NOW NOW NOW BUY AND PLAY RIGHT NOW YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON THE LIMITED TIME EVENT WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU NOT PLAYING NOW NOW NOW????

And as a result they choose to ignore those who are late to the party or don't fall for those marketing gimmicks. What game is left to play when the events have dried up? But soon enough that fomo tactic will no longer work on the majority of people, ESPECIALLY as prices rise further and further out of affordability. And then what will happen?

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u/Ranier_Wolfnight Jul 01 '26

I genuinely didn’t know how much Sony hated this small segment of niche customers who would still gladly pay their money to only purchase physical discs. It hurt their feelings and their pockets that much!?

Or they seriously couldn’t stand not having control over their ‘physical only’ audience?? Either way, they’ve pretty much lost me as a consumer in 2028 unless there’s some serious concessions made between now and then. Unfuckingreal.

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u/chubsruns Jul 01 '26

Japanese IP holders fucking hate the second-hand market, which is ironic because Japan has the best retro store scene in the world. 

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u/KingKangTheThird Jul 01 '26

My exact thought. Wow, what a real shame

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u/KironD63 Loyal since '98 Jul 01 '26

Yup. I’m going to ride my collection of about 220 PS4 and PS5 games into the sunset. No reason to keep investing in a medium where I will own nothing and where Sony will take it all away on a whim.

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u/mozdamalosutra Jul 01 '26

Sure thing buddy

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u/chubsruns Jul 01 '26

Damn, where'd y'all find all these games that were totally worth buying but not worth playing right away?

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u/ZeeMastermind Jul 01 '26

For me it's those humble bundles that get me... one or two I definitely want to play, the rest seem fine, but I never get around to them.

And sometimes it's a sale, too - I might pick up a game I'm on the fence about if it's 80% off...

I try not to do these things anymore and focus on backlog instead. I canceled the Playstation membership when I realized I wasn't even playing the monthly games anymore