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TL;DR: Goldman Sachs analyst Minami Munakata estimates Sony’s January 2028 phase-out of game discs could lift PlayStation’s Game & Network Services operating margin by about 3% in FY28 (Apr 2028-Mar 2029), potentially restoring margins toward the 12%+ levels seen during COVID-19. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00 / 2:43 Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio.

Earlier this year, Sony Interactive Entertainment dropped one of the biggest bombshells the gaming space has seen… Well, potentially ever. You might remember it; the corporation revealed that, as of January 2028, it will cease productionof PlayStation discs for any new releases, moving into an all-digital future. It went down like a mouthful of cold…

TL;DR: Reports from Digital Foundry and Windows Central indicate Microsoft is struggling to-gen console. Supply shortages, declining demand outside PS5/Xbox Series X, and initiatives like disc-to-digital suggest physical Blu‑ray game discs may be phased out. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00 / 2:15 Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio

Sony has pushed back on a wave of reports suggesting PlayStation disc manufacturing is about to be gutted by 90 percent after comments from a Sony DADC executive were allegedly misunderstood.

Former PlayStationboss Shawn Layden says a physical-disc future is possible if Sony lets third-party manufacturers press game discs.

After PlayStation announced that it will end physical disc production in 2028, many have taken that to mean that the PlayStation 6 will no longer have a disc drive. It’s a good assumption to make, however, it’s still an assumption. We know next to nothing about the PS6. Signs point to it not having a…

Some video game fans are flabbergasted at Sony’s decision to discontinue disc sales from 2028 at Germany’s Gamescom trade show — leading to calls for a boycott.

Xbox is telling every console owner to install a mandatory update by August 17, 2026, or risk running into the same bug that locked players out of games they already owned last month. The update closes a hole exposed by a July 26–27 outage that Xbox’s own chief technology officer, Scott Van Vliet, called “unacceptable”…

Marvel’s Wolverine developer Insomniac has clarified the game will be “fully playable” on disc when it releases for PlayStation 5 on 15th September. It won’t, in other words, be a disc-in-a-box that still requires you to download the game in order to play. This may make it one of PlayStation’s last fully disc-based games.

A new rumor suggests Xbox may keep disc support on its next-gen console, even as Sony moves to cut physical media owners off entirely.