No new disc games on PlayStation from January 2028

prod said:
The dogpiling is funny and expected. But people are fighting the wrong thing here, they should be advocating for more rights in terms of digital "ownership". Physical is dying and I doubt it will make a comeback
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Agreed - and speaking of this, kinda similar... I stopped buying titles on apple tv once I realized they can pull your access to them which they did. So yeah, this is nothing new like #62 is making it out to be. We all know this...
 
I mostly miss all the extra things you would get with the game when you bought a physical game in the past, the nice book you got, still have my Diablo 2, Baldur's Gate 2 and Neverwinter Nights books despite the discs being unreadable.

Nice biographies of the characters with detailed drawings of them. Lore about the regions.
Information about some of the enemies.

I still remember buying BG2 on holiday as a kid, away from home and reading the book over and over until we eventually went home and I got to play it.

Not only has that stopped being a thing, but You also have to day 1 download the rest of the game despite holding a disc in your hands.

Buy Mortal Kombat for PS4, put in disc and if you don't update it, you can only play the vs mode and only 4 characters on the roster are available. At that point there is no point to owning a disc if it barely has any of the game on it.

The Cyberpunk 2077 physical copy I have, barely anything came with it, useless post cards with pictures of random night city scapes. Was the last physical copy of a game I bought.

Most "Collectors" Editions only have digital goods like skins or the soundtrack, lame af.
 

PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony’s disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox - Windows Latest​

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Sony confirmed on July 1 that physical disc production for new PlayStation games ends in January 2028. Every new title after that date ships digital-only, whether you buy it from the PlayStation Store or pick up a box at a retailer, since even the retail version will just contain a download code.

Naturally, a large chunk of PlayStation’s own fanbase is now saying they’re done with consoles altogether, and XBOX and Windows PCs are the names coming up the most. It’s a strange gift for Microsoft to receive in the middle of its own gaming mess, and Windows 11’s new feature to turn your PC into a console-like experience may be just what the doctor ordered.

Why PlayStation has PC and XBOX trending among its own fans​

Sony’s blog post framed the move as simple math. Physical sales make up a shrinking fraction of PlayStation’s business, and the company said it wants to “align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games today.”

The post has pulled in thousands of comments, and almost none of them are people thanking Sony for the “alignment”.

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PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox

Sony confirmed physical PlayStation discs end in January 2028, and angry fans are threatening to abandon consoles for Windows 11 PCs instead.
www.windowslatest.com www.windowslatest.com
 
AlphaJohn said:
Very much so.

They stopped making recordable ones back in 2024/5.
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Pretty sure Verbatim is the leading manufacturer of blank recordable blu-rays and they're not stopping production. This could be very profitable for them I think.

Verbatim is pretty much the only ones I buy when shopping for disks
 
HAL 9000 said:

PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony’s disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox - Windows Latest​

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Sony confirmed on July 1 that physical disc production for new PlayStation games ends in January 2028. Every new title after that date ships digital-only, whether you buy it from the PlayStation Store or pick up a box at a retailer, since even the retail version will just contain a download code.

Naturally, a large chunk of PlayStation’s own fanbase is now saying they’re done with consoles altogether, and XBOX and Windows PCs are the names coming up the most. It’s a strange gift for Microsoft to receive in the middle of its own gaming mess, and Windows 11’s new feature to turn your PC into a console-like experience may be just what the doctor ordered.

Why PlayStation has PC and XBOX trending among its own fans​

Sony’s blog post framed the move as simple math. Physical sales make up a shrinking fraction of PlayStation’s business, and the company said it wants to “align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games today.”

The post has pulled in thousands of comments, and almost none of them are people thanking Sony for the “alignment”.

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www.windowslatest.com

PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox

Sony confirmed physical PlayStation discs end in January 2028, and angry fans are threatening to abandon consoles for Windows 11 PCs instead.
www.windowslatest.com www.windowslatest.com
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Oh jesus newsday spamday brutal attacks incoming
 
Playing mostly on PC so haven't owned any physical games since PS4 days, but hell, I am feeling rather old having witnessed the era of video stores, magazine stores, music stores and now game stores die out.

I don't believe the new generation getting into gaming today will ever understand the feeling of walking around a mall going from a Musica to CNA to Incredible and just browse through DVD's, CD's, Game boxes, going through sale bins, looking through PC gamer or Nag magazines...
 
dotdan said:
Playing mostly on PC so haven't owned any physical games since PS4 days, but hell, I am feeling rather old having witnessed the era of video stores, magazine stores, music stores and now game stores die out.

I don't believe the new generation getting into gaming today will ever understand the feeling of walking around a mall going from a Musica to CNA to Incredible and just browse through DVD's, CD's, Game boxes, going through sale bins, looking through PC gamer or Nag magazines...
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Remember the NAG CD demo /up and coming games !!
 
dotdan said:
Playing mostly on PC so haven't owned any physical games since PS4 days, but hell, I am feeling rather old having witnessed the era of video stores, magazine stores, music stores and now game stores die out.

I don't believe the new generation getting into gaming today will ever understand the feeling of walking around a mall going from a Musica to CNA to Incredible and just browse through DVD's, CD's, Game boxes, going through sale bins, looking through PC gamer or Nag magazines...
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Totally. Opening up a game-box was an experience in itself.

But, those days are gone, and I am quite happy to download.

All this hysteria is a bit OTT. But expected, as has been said.
 
first they came for the books,
then the movies, then the series, then the films, then PC games,
and now shock and horror to PS games, and everybody is blowing a gasket

why? I really don't get it, everything is digital nowadays,
nobody said anything then or now and it was inevitable we end up here,

all that now makes money is massive DRM and microtransactions to get every little dime out of your paycheck.
 
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