ITS OVER Sony Interactive Entertainment to end physical game disc production in January 2028

[EricHiggin]

Kyuu said:

EricHiggin said:

No discs don't solve that.

Discs aren't new or different. Discs and drives are big n bulky. Discs are slow. Discs are cheaper.

SNY wants people to move to digital but they also want minimal customer loss. Carts speed up that process with minimal losses. More expensive game carts, without being outrageously expensive would push more people to resort to cheaper digital vs offering them cheap discs.

You're right on discs not solving "all of that", excuse my poor wording. But the slow speeds and size problems are too minor to matter, they hardly register as "problems" imo. With rising NAND prices, discs are the best solution economically.

They're minor in general, yes, but a next gen console launch typically comes with new changes and advancements. SNY would want that for PS6, especially if the cost is going to be very high in a very weak economy, that they can't control. How else are they going to convince consumers to buy in to the next gen?

SNY is a mega corp. They care about their profits and long term goals, way, way, above what's best for the consumer overall.