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Over the years, we’ve seen a decline in physical media. From the disappearance of stores like Blockbuster to people purchasing fewer CDs and DVDs, digital media and the internet are taking over. Now, video games are following suit. Sony has announced that it will phase out its physical discs starting in 2028. This means PlayStation…

Sony is being sued for €400 million (about $457 million) in the Netherlands over how it prices and locks down sales on the PlayStation Store, and the timing looks brutal for the company. Dutch foundation Stichting Massaschade & Consument filed the case on behalf of roughly 1.7 million PlayStation owners, arguing that Sony’s 30% cut…

PlayStation finds itself trapped in an unrelenting cycle of unfavorable headlines, and the trend shows no signs of abating. On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the company confirmed an indefinite postponement of its next hardware. Most concerning, however, is the complete absence of an official release date.

The notion of digital gaming is one that has been blowing upin recent weeks, but not entirely for good reasons. It has become a massive point of contention across the wider industry thanks to Sony’s revelation that it will cease to produce discsfor new PlayStation games released after January 2028.

The new FlexStrike fight stick will miss the launch of PlayStation’s next big fighting game

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Scott Melker discusses how Sony Bank (SONY) is pushing for a new dollar stablecoin to be used for PlayStation game purchases

Sony has been attracting serious heat over plans to stop manufacturing physical copies of its games, with gamers all over the world expressing concernsabout retaining ownership of their media. Sony announced on July 1 that all physical game disc production for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting in January 2028, restricting…

Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki has sold 225,000 shares of company stock worth $4.7 million, just days after PlayStation made the controversial announcement to end game disc production in 2028

The timing raised eyebrows immediately. Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki sold 225,000 shares of Sony stock on July 3, 2026 for approximately $4,729,500, at $21.02 per share. Per an SEC filing surfaced by Quiver Quantitative, the sale represented approximately 56.5% of his holdings in that class of stock, leaving him with 173,250 shares. On…