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

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@FacelessSamurai

Yeah, I’m as surprised as you are to see Sony move first to be honest. If they release a handheld PS6 it does make a bit of sense, although I can already hear the screams of those that are fully physical and how they most likely won’t be able to use their games on PS6.

Could be an opportunity for MS here to keep physical in limited capacity, although I don’t think they will as it probably won’t attract that many people. They could do their own version of that Sony video of ‘‘this is how you share games on PS4’’, would be glorious.

I can see Sony keeping detachable disc drives on their store as an add on. So now you’ll pay whatever base price for the PS6 and then if you bought any physical PS4 games have to pay another 50 to 100 for the disc drive.

No way Microsoft doesn’t seize the opportunity to cut disc production with less backlash. They could and should highlight how a digital purchase on Xbox has more value with Xbox Play Anywhere and free cloud saves. Seriously, if we’re forcing all digital then Playstation at least needs free cloud saves.