Sony to permanently stop physical disc production for PlayStation in 2028 Comments
- Foxtrot2Novmbr
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Anonymous, 03 Jul 2026Also, as I said, as far as I know, if a digital version of a game you bought is delisted, you ... moreAnd if your PSN account is permanently Suspended. How will you be able to get those games back if you have created a new account? Especially if you said it yourself that "it won't affect people who bought the game" but it will affect people who created a new account?
- Foxtrot2Novmbr
- t7B
Anonymous, 03 Jul 2026You seem like a person who never buys games. You don't need to live in the US to create a... moreI do buy games. But not all games are worth spending.
"Using non-local accounts to buy games is common". Yes you can use Non-Local Accounts to buy games Where DISC is available for purchase. It's very common for users to buy used games on the market at a reduced price. Especially if the gamer is saving money. In Digital Contents. You don't get to buy games at a discounted priced at all times. Most of the time. You'll be paying the Games FULL PRICED TAG. And if you're one of the Unlucky Person whose PSN Account is Permanently Suspended for no Reason. Then All of your Purchased games are Gone.
- Anonymous
- IJK
The industry wants to own and control us. Music, cars, phones, games etc. Purchasing is not ownership
- Anonymous
- IJK
Anonymous, 03 Jul 2026You seem like a person who never buys games. You don't need to live in the US to create a... moreYou seem like a know it all
- Anonymous
- 70d
Anonymous, 03 Jul 2026what happen to Crew then? game that started stop killing games movementI don't know what you're talking about. Could you please elaborate?
- Sam N8 808 owner
- XVn
I think the best solution is to have a physical media binding the content to the console, it's the best of both worlds.
- Sam N8 808 owner
- XVn
"" Sony claims most of its community prefers to purchase games digitally. ""
.... which means Sony can kill minorities' opinion just like that.
"" PC players have been doing it for decades now, as companies realized long ago you cannot offer physical media on that platform without it getting immediately copied and pirated. Of course, as we all know, that immediately killed piracy on PC, and no game has ever been illegally distributed since.""
I think you're slighty wrong here, GSMArena. I've heard of Fitgirl or something repacks that are pirated in my opinion, and they come for new games too. (I didn't use it ever or pirate anything though)
Tell me, who stops you from grabbing files from the PC's disk system?
- Anonymous
- 3%N
Osiris, 03 Jul 2026Nintendo wins, flawless victorythank you Nintendo for making best roms to pirate :)
- Anonymous
- 3%N
Anonymous, 03 Jul 2026Also, as I said, as far as I know, if a digital version of a game you bought is delisted, you ... morewhat happen to Crew then? game that started stop killing games movement
- Anonymous
- 70d
Foxtrot2Novmbr, 02 Jul 2026Many people are now into pirating games. Especially when the market is now stealing your hard ... moreAlso, as I said, as far as I know, if a digital version of a game you bought is delisted, you will continue to be able to download and play that game. The result of delisting is that you won't be able to buy that game. As far as I know, it won't affect people who bought the game.
- Anonymous
- 70d
Foxtrot2Novmbr, 02 Jul 2026I don't spend money on it? Then how come I bought the PS5 Console? Pathetic Excuse to ... moreYou seem like a person who never buys games. You don't need to live in the US to create a US PSN account. Using non-local accounts to buy games is common.
- Anonymous
- 70d
potato4k, 03 Jul 2026Steam prices are adjusted on per country basis. If youstill think theyre atrocious, either you... moreIt's not exclusive to Steam. Nintendo eShop prices, for example, are different for different regions.
- Anonymous
- 3%N
Sony lied about physical sales for years. 80-85% digital ? ok but how about games that releases on disk and digital OR digital only. There is no disk version for fortnite,genshin impact,all the dls,indie games are all digital.
1st party and triple AAA game sales were nowhere near 80% as of 3 years ago(God of War Ragnarok was as of mid 2023 was 67% physical and 33% digital
Eat sony digital slop and be happy $$$
- potato4k
- txx
Vegetaholic, 02 Jul 2026The prices are atrocious at Steam, wtf are you talking about. You only get good deal for old g... moreSteam prices are adjusted on per country basis. If youstill think theyre atrocious, either you're fomo not waiting for Steam frequent sales, or you are unemployed.
- Osiris
- JhV
Nintendo wins, flawless victory
- Osiris
- JhV
Anonymous, 02 Jul 2026Mario Kart World was never $90 physically, you're confusing that with the price in euros.... moreNintendo wins, flawless victory, bye, bye Sony!
- Anonymous
- t7x
Just a thought:
If sony and microslop goes through with removing physical media, then both sony and microslop are now susceptible to the EU's DMA (Digital Market's Act) and/or DFA (Digital Fairness Act), just like apple (alternative app store).
Though it may not be just limited to the EU, but Brazil (to an extent LATAM), and Japan can also enforce similar regulation to sony and microslop. Just like what happened to apple.
The greedy corporate counter argument:
But we have "game-key" card/disc physical media as alternative.
Surely we (greedy sony and microslop) are exempted form the DMA (Digital Markets Act) and/or DFA (Digital Fairness Act) right?
Well:
1. If the politicians are too dumb and/or too gullible to understand what game-key cards/discs are (which we all know most politicians are tech illiterate and are easy to fool/scare by lobbyists).
or
2. Bribery/corruption (just like the 6 hours closed door meeting with the ESA [entertainment software asshociation] without SKG [Stop Killing Games] in opposition of regulation.)
The anti-stream crowd:
But what about steam? Surely they too can be susceptible to DMA and/or DFA, yes?
Well:
1. Steam OS is based on arch linux OS so customers can download alternative app stores (whethere it can run on steam hardware, that's a different issue.)
2. Do they really want to give steam more power?
Apparently they want to because:
a. sony and microslop are too lazy to compete...
b. sony and microslop are too incompitent to compete...
c. sony and microslop may have massive amounts of money, but instead of using it to create good games, they use the money on lobbying, lawyering/lawfare, buying yachts to show who has the bigger ego, and hiring DEI/ESG checkboxes who has zero knowledge about video games or outright hate gamers to begin with.
d. blame steam as a monopoly but not blame sony and microsolp for selling sloppy games like concord & marathon from sony and CoD:BO7 & south of midnight from microslop to name a few.
P.S. Not limited to sony and microslop. May extend to ubislop, EA, ABK, epic, etc (except GoG).
Reddit Meme (Steam is a Monopoly):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiangamers/comments/1tmaowr/then_they_say_steam_has_monopoly/
- veloce
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mobile phone 2, 02 Jul 2026its simple .... they dont want you to own the game they want you to own only a subscriptio... moreYou don't need any subscription to play digital content unless it's always online.
- Osiris
- JhV
Nintendo wins, flawless victory, bye, bye Sony!
- Anonymous
- 8w{
Anonymous, 02 Jul 2026'Long story short, physical media is dying, at least for games. Sony might be the first t... moreMario Kart World was never $90 physically, you're confusing that with the price in euros. Also all of Nintendo's first party games are fully playable from the cartridge.
