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

[Darwinianevolution]

trunkswd said:

Darwinianevolution said:

So if Sony discontinues discs by 2028, and Microsoft imitates them eventually, would this mean that cartridges outlasted discs as physical media?

Let's face it, it's not like Nintendo won't eventually do the same, but it'd be funny if so. All those N64 vs PS1 flame wars...

Nintendo will keep doing their own thing and not worry about what Sony or Microsoft are doing. 

I doubt that. I hope they keep cartridges for the Switch 2's successor and beyond (especially considering handheld gaming CANNOT guarantee internet connection, so digital only makes even less sense), but I doubt that. Nintendo does follow trends, just very slowly. They did so with DLC and with paid online, and a digital only future is too profitable for many to ignore.