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

[Norion]

Kyuu said:

I still can't believe the nerves and idiocy of Sony choosing to announce this before Microsoft. I'm sure them goofs didn't expect a fraction of the outrage they're getting. Good 😋

I don't see them backtracking, but they'll probably announce some major improvements in digital ownership and refund policies, and may release a PS6 disc drive add on for backwards compatbility and give PS5 an extra couple of years of disc support. Best case scenario is they will allow expensive limited print games for collectors. It's still shocking to me that they chose this over making a price gap between physical and digital like Nintendo. The outrage could have easily been avoided by a move like this. These suits' brains are wired differently!

I'd like to say that there's no way they're that foolish and out of touch to not expect a massive backlash over this but the original plan for the Xbox One already showed that there's truly no limit to how out of touch the suits can be over stuff like this so that is for sure a possibility. I don't have the numbers they do but it really seems like a high risk low reward business move to do this now instead of waiting another 5 years or so before stopping disc production. I just can't see how any benefits they'll get from doing it surprisingly soon are worth the major brand damage that'll make selling the PS6 even harder and is causing some Playstation super fans to cancel their PS+ subs.