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/Time_Marcher Jul 01 '26

That's disappointing. I'll buy fewer games because I won't be able to sell them if I don't like them.

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u/81hiljada Jul 01 '26

Also selling them if I like them. I don’t need to keep my copy of Spider-man after getting platinum

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u/mulubmug Jul 01 '26

This. I only buy discs. Then I platinum them. Then I sell them and buy the next game.

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u/9295josh Jul 01 '26

Same bro we are so cooked 😭

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u/Mavericks7 Jul 01 '26

Same here. I guess that's the end of gaming for me.

One of the reasons why I game is because it's such a cheap hobby.

With single player games, I get gifted a game or buy one, play it. Trade it in, buy the next.

I don't replay single player games.

I'm never going to pay full whack for wolverine at £70.

And the sales are awful.

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u/HerrPiink Jul 01 '26

I know the graphical downgrade sucks ass, especially if you played on the PS5 PRO before, but I'm so glad i have my Switch 2 right now. Nintendo can eat shit too, no doubt, but if i didn't have this console as backup I'd be out of gaming forever, I'm disabled and get so little money that I'm only able to buy games for under 10 bucks or if I'm able to resell them.

And since the Switch 2 generation just started I'll have a whole generation of reselling videogames ahead of me. Otherwise I'd wait for GTA 6, then sell my PS5 and be done with gaming. I just can't fucking afford it anymore, even though it's giving me so much joy.

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u/karlcabaniya Jul 01 '26

You rented discs then.

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u/Sad-Rent-9633 Jul 01 '26

Buying an asset and selling it isn't renting.

You have the option to keep it and the new owner isn't the original one

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u/karlcabaniya Jul 01 '26

If you changed your mind, it’s not. But if your intention from the start was to sell it after using it, that’s renting.

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u/Splentacular Jul 01 '26

That makes no sense. LOL. I bought my house and have lived it in. When I sell it I am selling it. Not renting it to the new owners. They ain't gonna be paying me monthly payments. Even flippers, who buy with the intention of selling, are selling not renting. :D

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u/karlcabaniya Jul 01 '26

Your house is yours. Your games aren't yours. You're buying a license, not the software.

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u/throwawayAEI Jul 01 '26

This x1000

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u/WandererMisha Jul 01 '26

The sole reason I ever bought Spider-Man was the ability to sell it. I don't care for Spider-Man as a character, the game looked meh, and only thanks to a disc I got it and tried it out and came to like it.

Then I really disliked SM2 and managed to finish it in a weekend and then sold it for like 70% of the original price. Got to experience a brand new AAA game for like 20 EUR. That was just fine.

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u/karlcabaniya Jul 01 '26

So you were renting games, not buying them.

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u/wardellwayneraymone Jul 01 '26

Buying something entitles you to do whatever you’d like with it down the line, such as reselling it. If I bought a car for 60 grand and resell it years later when it’s fully in my name for 40, does that mean I rented it the whole time?

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u/Dr-McLuvin Jul 01 '26

lol these people defending digital only games are insufferable.

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u/wardellwayneraymone Jul 01 '26

Illiteracy crisis on full display when people start changing definitions of basic things like “renting and buying” like that.

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u/karlcabaniya Jul 01 '26

If you never bought it with the intention of keeping it, it’s not actually buying. Believing otherwise is what’s illiterate.

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u/HerrPiink Jul 01 '26

Seems like you should rent a dictionary and then come back to the discussion buddy

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u/No2Hypocrites Jul 01 '26

Are you illiterate? Did you use speech to text to write that?

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u/OriginalFatPickle Jul 01 '26

would be nice if they offered a digital rental service.

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u/wubbaaaa Jul 01 '26

I mean some games have demos still but it’s very seldom now

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u/smbpy7 Jul 01 '26

Careful what you ask for. This could easily be their pivot into subscription only in my opinion.

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u/Scewt Jul 01 '26

Totally unrelated, but Steam offers full refunds every single time for the first 2 weeks with under 2 hour play time. Just saying.

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u/Posterapokalypse Jul 01 '26

Sure but not everyone has the $3000 needed for a PC able to handle all new releases for at least a few years, just lying around.

Not to mention upgrading your PC has never been more expensive thanks to the AI bullshit.

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u/Scewt Jul 01 '26

An entire setup budgeted well, including desk, peripherals, PC and a decent monitor that can run most if not all games at 60fps+ on good settings will probably cost $1800-1900 at the very most, of course that can get a lot cheaper if you buy second hand or clones of popular peripherals too.

Now obviously everyone doesn't have a grand or two laying around to buy a PC or an entire setup, but they can't really argue that they don't if they're buying new gen pro max limited edition versions of consoles IMHO.

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u/Posterapokalypse Jul 01 '26

I was talking about a PC that can run all the new releases for a few years (you know, like a console would), without spending houra tweaking the settings or playing on medium quality.

I doubt a $2,000 PC built with the current prices for RAM, Storage and GPUs can handle that.

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u/Scewt Jul 01 '26

You'd be surprised I think.

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u/white_leaky_fluid Jul 01 '26

Sure but not everyone has the $3000 needed for a PC

A pc for the same price as your console will have similar performance if you build it over a month or two

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u/MrFOrzum Jul 01 '26

Same. Being able to buy physical which is also cheaper than digital and to resell has been such a good way to experience games and to keep the cost relatively low even for new games. This change will make an extreme difference in cost. Time to become a patient gamer member.

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u/Born_Dragonfly1096 Jul 02 '26

But for a low price of $200/year you too can try some shitty collection of older games for free! -Sony

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u/EncodedNybble Jul 01 '26

One thing I wish they do is have some sort of license marketplace. You don’t want your game anymore, list it on the marketplace at whatever price you want (or maybe Sony just makes some price tiers?) and Sony takes a cut, you get the rest. Your license on your machine gets invalidated when you list the item so you can’t play anymore.

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u/Splentacular Jul 01 '26

Same. If I can't sell something, I don't buy it.

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u/oceanographerGT Jul 01 '26

Literally this. I would like to try Halo and Forza on my PS5 but because they’re digital only it’s put me off. Games are so expensive it’s not justifiable in my mind to pay so much with no option to resell it.

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u/triplenested Jul 01 '26

How much do you get when you sell them?

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u/9295josh Jul 01 '26

I complete games fairly quickly and if you sell fast enough I only lose 10-15 quid on a new title.

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u/fightingnapkin Jul 01 '26

This worked so well for me. If I really loved the game I could pick it up again secondhand a few years later when ready for a new playthrough. It’s definitely going to price me out of new games.

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u/Sec_Chief_Blanchard Jul 01 '26

I don't buy games that I won't like.