Sony PlayStation Will Stop Releasing Games On Discs In 2028 (bbc.com)
- Reference: 0184251528
- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/07/01/1734219/sony-playstation-will-stop-releasing-games-on-discs-in-2028
- Source link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ryjyvjq41o
> New PlayStation games will [2]no longer be released on discs from January 2028 , the gaming giant has announced. Sony said in a [3]blog post new games would still be able to be bought in shops, but they would come with a digital code. It comes just days after Rockstar [4]announced the hotly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI would similarly launch without a physical disc.
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> It marks a significant moment for the gaming industry, which has in recent years begun to rely more and more on digital distribution. Sony said the move came "as consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital." "This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs," it added. [...] PlayStation said the move would have no impact on games which are already released, or would be released before January 2028.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~AmiMoJo
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ryjyvjq41o
[3] https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
[4] https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/06/24/2053235/gta-vi-is-a-worrying-sign-for-the-future-of-physical-games
Fool Me Once... (Score:4, Interesting)
Fool Me Once: [1]Sony Rootkit 2005 [wikipedia.org],
Fool Me Twice: [2]Sony Linux Removal 2010 [wikipedia.org],
Won't be fooled again!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS
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It only took the rootkit incident to convince me that Sony needed to be pulled from my purchase list. I used to love Sony products until the leadership showed their true colors. Treating your customers as the enemy is no way to do business.
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2030 : All PS6 games will be rental-only.
2035 : All PS7 can only be played with a mandatory valid subscription.
2040 : All PS8 consoles will only be available as rental units.
Re: Fool Me Once... (Score:2)
2045: PS9 may be enjoyed at licensed venues during specified hours
Pirate everything (Score:2)
and back it up to your own NAS or physical media -- and then tell me why I'm wrong for doing so?
Will the AI-fueled SSD-crisis be over in 2028? (Score:5, Interesting)
So, does Sony think that SSDs will be affordable again in 2028?
Read-only optical disc media still haven't been hit by an AI-boom induced price hike RAM and NAND Flash has, AFAIK.
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It doesn't matter when games have to be installed and they require massive updates which also need to be stored somewhere. Games don't play from discs anymore anyway, maybe they stream some video from them.
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Between this and all the "Just pirate it!" replies, I'm going out on a limb and say pretty much none of you owns a modern console. You don't play off the disk, that hasn't been a thing for a while now. The game files get copied to the local drive on the console, the disc is then just used as a license check (and why getting rid of them actually sucks: no 2nd hand market). As for DRM, PS5 hasn't been broken yet. Even when it does happen, it's usually such a pain in the ass that most won't bother.
Nope (Score:2)
And they don't care. Video gaming is becoming a luxury item with the ps6 on track to sell for over $1,000 in Sony openly telling the press they will not subsidize console sales anymore.
I have said it before and I say it again this is what happens when you don't enforce antitrust law.
No one is going to enter a market to compete anymore because the existing players will just drop their prices and run them out of business. Hell even if they wanted to enter the market they would not be allowed to.
Th
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Sony hasn't subsidized console sales since the PS3
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./ is an ancient website from the old web, probably still written in Perl, and is filled with dragons and limited clipart assets.
We don't forget (Score:2)
We don't forget. It wasn't even that long ago.
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
You utter utter creeps, Sony.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA
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Can you just say what the video is about so I don't have to waste time watching it?
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It's a Sony marketing video "addressing" the concern behind PS4 game sharing with a Sony exec turning to his colleague and handing him a PS4 game in a case.
The end of actually owning games (Score:3)
You now only own a license that can be revoked at any time.
And, of course, you won't be able to play anything if your internet connection goes down.
PC gaming has never looked so attractive. That is if you buy your games on GOG.
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You have literally never "owned" any game that you have bought - physical or digital. You owned a license. Always.
No thank you. Time to leave console gaming. (Score:2)
I'm not trusting Sony with my digital games. Look at their own history with digital licenses and digital services. To lock myself in with them, only one digital store with no competition, and beholden to PlayStation Plus to play paid games online. I don't trust the other consoles for the same reasons. Microsoft is screwing up Xbox and it may have no future. PlaysForSure and their other DRM didn't last. Nintendo is a greedy company who likes to keep prices high, and they have already closed digital stores fo
Meh (Score:2)
Games are rapidly losing their appeal for many reasons:
1) Micro-Transaction hell ( buy our skins / weapons / glitter packs )
2) Servers that get turned off if the game doesn't do well enough or too much time has passed
3) Mandatory internet connections so they can do micro-transactions / ads
4) Kernel level anti-cheat mechanisms
5) Day one DLC that should have been included in the game
6) Games released long before they're ready because rea$on$
7) Platforms going back to the " exclusives on my platform onl
nothing (Score:2)
Nothing. That is what you will own in the future utopia, coming to you in a few weeks.
free (Score:2)
Want to play great games for free? Join the US Cybercommand and operate real killer robots.
Bye bye used games market (Score:2)
You won't be able to play a game and then sell the disc to someone else. Good for Sony, bad for players.
It's about profits of course (Score:2)
The discs cost money to make, the physical stores take another cut on top of Sony's, developers don't like physical copies as they earn less on each one sold regardless of used sales. And of course with used sales Sony earns less as well. Win Win Lose for the consumer, as it were.
This would be fine if... (Score:2)
There was an easy way to make backups.
And no server was required to use the backups.
And the backups never expired.
I get it, but at the same time? (Score:2)
I used to always own at least one console, despite mostly being a PC gamer. I felt like the console was more of an appliance, really. Power it on and it has one job. Even if I came to accept the idea of buying games digitally on Steam or elsewhere for my Windows gaming PC, I never felt like it should be the same experience on a console. It's nice to own a physical library of game titles your friends or family can look through on a shelf and decide what they want to pop in and play. It has "permanence" - eve
So... (Score:2)
That means the PS6 won't have an optical drive anymore.. so no way to play PS4/PS5 discs....
Fuck Discs (Score:2)
Discs have been overrated and unnecessary for a decade. Optical media for gaming has always been a stupid idea. It's slow as shit technology for writing and reading.
My emotions are validated (Score:3)
I have never felt less guilty about pirating everything than I do now.
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So just to be clear, you have always downloaded digitally and now that discs are no longer going to be available you will continue to download digitally?
Incidentally how were you pirating on the PS5? - Is your post even relevant to the topic or are you using a company unrelated to what you play as a scapegoat to feel better about yourself?
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Anything and everything I can. DRM is a cat and mouse game, and the DRM providers are the mice.
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You sure about that? Seems to me that it should be the other way around. DRM is trying to catch pirates, but they're smaller, faster and sneakier.
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As if DRM every stopped me
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Then try pirating something you already have a license for. That's the sweet spot, guilt-wise.
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After Hogwarts Legacy on disc didn't contain the damn game was when I finally got around to hacking my PS4 Pro:
[1]https://battlepenguin.com/gami... [battlepenguin.com]
My PS5 has been disconnected from the Internet for over a year but it still has firmware 10.40. The only hack is using a Lua exploit and the only physical disc that can do it was a Limited Run Star Wars game that now goes for over $400 on eBay. The digital version could do it too, but Sony, not only patched the exploit, but changed the store so that all new ga
[1] https://battlepenguin.com/gaming/hogwarts-legacy/
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Stealing something because you don't like terms you are being offered is not a noble act. And patting yourself on the back for it says not much about Sony, but a great deal about you.
I have in my past been a pirate, although not recently. I don't pretend it was anything other than simple theft. Own it.
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You don't deserve games or entertainment.