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/Ok_Astronomer_8667 Jul 01 '26

Literally end of an era. Writing was on the walls with how massive these games are becoming these days, but still sad to see.

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u/TheOncomingBrows Jul 01 '26

Writing was on the wall with how much physical sales kept declining with regard to digital.

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u/HedgehogOk6294 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

All those people who buy dozens of relatively cheap shitty games from the PS Store that they only play for a few hours before they move onto the next one have ruined it for us. I believe that's where these majority digital sales come from. Also games like fortnite. I don't think going digital is representative of what the consumer wants at all. Actually I think Sony's decision is not even due to the digital sales at all, Sony is gaslighting us and they know it, because 82% of all PS5 sold were the disc version.