{"id":4744,"date":"2026-07-31T11:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:05:13","slug":"sony-playstation-ending-discs-pushing-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4744","title":{"rendered":"Sony pushes forward with ditching discs, despite backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Sony has received a lot of backlash from PlayStation fans since announcing that it\u2019s killing physical game disc production, but that hasn\u2019t swayed its decision. During Sony\u2019s latest earnings call, chief financial officer Lin Tao said that while the company \u201cput in a lot of thought and time\u201d when considering the opposition put forward by its gaming community, Sony has come to the conclusion that it will \u201ccautiously move this forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cThere are various reasons we made this decision, the biggest being that the digitalization of content overall has been progressing, that\u2019s the big factor,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ethangach\/status\/2083096283720356284\">Tao said<\/a> through an interpreter. \u201cIt\u2019s not just for PlayStation, but for all kinds of content, digitalization is progressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Sony\u2019s plan to cease production of physical discs for new PlayStation games by January 2028 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/960160\/sony-playstation-disc-production-ending\">announced earlier this month, and t<\/a>he company has already begun repurposing its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/961203\/sony-austria-thalgau-end-disc-production-microlenses-instead\">disc-manufacturing headquarters<\/a> to work on optical microlenses instead. The decision to limit gamers to digitally downloaded games has since been loudly criticized by some PlayStation console users who feel it will negatively affect resale markets, true game ownership, and the preservation of gaming media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/971277\/playstation-users-are-going-dark-to-protest-sony-ditching-discs\">A week-long blackout<\/a> for PlayStation content has been organized in protest of the decision, which is set to start on August 23rd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Sony\u2019s claims around the ongoing digitalization of content do hold merit, however. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.com\/en\/SonyInfo\/IR\/library\/presen\/er\/pdf\/26q1_supplement.pdf\">latest quarterly earnings report<\/a> shows that physical games earned the company just over $781 million in the 2025 fiscal year \u2014 a fraction of what it brought in for digital game sales (about $6.5 billion) and in-game purchases (about $8.4 billion) over the same period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/973621\/sony-playstation-ending-discs-pushing-forward\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has received a lot of backlash from PlayStation fans since announcing that it\u2019s killing physical game disc production, but that hasn\u2019t swayed its decision. 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