Sony has revealed that it’s stopping physical disc production, and the gaming community has gone into meltdown
You’d have to imagine Sony knew how this announcement would go. However, Sony won’t produce discs for new PlayStation games from 2028 and beyond. It will complete a digital shift that began with the PS5 Digital Edition console, lacking a disc tray
PlayStation Players Think Stopping Disc Production is a ‘Huge Mistake’
PlayStation’s X account shared ‘Important updates’ about physical discs being stopped, and also Sony closing select PlayStation Stores in 2026 & 2027
The former is where all the comments were directed, though, and ranged from people saying Sony will lose customers to begging Sony to keep making physical media
‘First killed Destiny, now killing physical discs. Very cool’ said Destiny Bulletin, whereas the GTA and Rockstar INTEL page said: ‘This is a huge mistake, you’ll lose customers over it.’
- More Insider Gaming:PlayStation 5’s Update 26.04-13.42.00 Patch Notes
Does it play? went hard on the subject:
‘You are killing ownership. You are killing legal preservation. You are killing discoverability. You are killing publishers. You are killing developers. This is a move that might slightly improve bottom lines, but tear down every other aspect of this medium. Well done! You f*d up!’
You can check out many more angry comments about the decision right here—many of which are a bit NSFW, let’s put it that way
Important updates: News on physical discs for new games – https://t.co/BzZODXdWGYNews on PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita – https://t.co/ev3mN6wj14pic.twitter.com/PWXTZGHAh6
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) July 1, 2026
The only slight beam of light out of all of this is that PlayStation’s no-disc plans for 2028 could hint at the PS6 release date
Even then, it’s not enough to soften the blow, especially with rumors about the PS6 costing $1000
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Andrew HightonEvergreen Editor
Andy is Insider Gaming’s Senior Evergreen Editor and has been in the games journalism sphere in one way or another for over 7 years. His video game taste is as…
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