Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
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Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
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Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
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#3From a business perspective, I understand this. The physical games sections of most retailers are pitiful these days - take a walk down the PS5 aisle in Target or Best Buy for example. They also have a need to shore up margins if they want to keep subsidizing the hardware during the component crisis. And their biggest competitor, XBox, is in the process of pivoting out of their current pivot and apparently is about to layoff a massive chunk of its workforce.
But at the end of the day, part of what makes a console a console to me is the ability to swap games with friends. If I can't do that easily, why wouldn't I just use Steam?
Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
#4Shutting down the stores on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, too.
https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playsta...
Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745476
Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
#5Step by step...
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#6Sucks to see this right after the Studio Canal movie situation [1]. I won't be getting another PlayStation.
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#7Well, I guess that answers the question of whether the PS6 will have an awkward snap on disc drive.
Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
#8Discs are less convenient so people have slowly moved to digital sales. This worked even better for console manufacturers, cheaper to drop that disc reader, and the second hand market is effectively dead which increases new game sales.
The side-effect most people didn't consider is that you never really own a digital copy. And the most relevant part is that you cannot transfer/sell a digital copy. For everything else around ownership I know I can count on Sony to still screw it up even with discs, like disabling a disc game with some online checks.
Re: Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
#9Unsurprising. [0] This is even before 2030 and you will own nothing and be happy.
Get ready for your games to be delisted [1] as you never owned them in the first place (unless you have the disc)
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#10Aaaand I'm not going to buy a PS6.
On pc there is some competition at least between Steam, epic, gog (the odd one out but I like it) and such. I have no interest in buying a vendor specific computer with only one storefront and no competition.