Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by lenerdenator on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @04:08PM (#48752444)

The writing has been on the wall for a decade now for gaming being a purely rental-driven, consumer-antagonistic segment of the software market.

People have been talking about "walking away" for at least that long.

The soles of those walking shoes are as thick and un-worn as they've ever been.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by Loughla on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @05:00PM (#48753052)

I'm old enough to remember when people bemoaned the death of physical media, and saw Steam as the death of PC gaming.

Like all things, this too shall pass.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by someonebaggy on Friday July 03, 2026 @05:56AM (#48773106)

Yes. The new generation will grow up without ever owning any media, and will not be able to conceive of the idea of owning media.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by PaulHoule on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @06:11PM (#48753806)

I play Arknights on my iPad but that's the one live service game I have anything to do with.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by dogwalker5000 on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @08:35PM (#48754935)

If you decide to buy into Sony’s future, make sure you do it with your eyes wide open.

Unlike Valve who has never taken away what people have bought without a refund (to my knowledge), Sony doesn’t deserve that benefit of the doubt:

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by MindSpunk on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:21AM (#48756856)

Reminder that Valve's liberal refund policy only exists because they were sued by the Australian government.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by account42 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:44AM (#48758862)

And it isn't even all that liberal compared to physical stores.

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Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games... by tadfisher on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:24AM (#48756877)

I did it when OtherOS was removed. I have yet to miss any game I care about, and PCs have been a better investment overall.

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