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twintail on 07 July 2026
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Bizwas said:
Norion said:

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.

Maybe in their calculations they were exactly expecting a huge backlash and that is why they wanted to give it a lot more time to settle down, so by the time the PS6 is being announced and forth to its release, all the outrage over the end of physical media would already have passed. But I would still question that, since you need the hardcore crowd for your PS6 (who else should be buying a 1000+ USD consol) and that is exactly who you are pissing off with this move. Plus that is exactly the crowd which is not forgiving and forgetting that easily...

Ultimately, we have no idea what the plans for PS6 are.

Maybe it's digital only. Maybe they move to carts.  All we know is that they'll work with retailers, so there'll be some sort of software presence. 

Maybe there's a solution there they aren't willing to talk about now, or maybe there isn't. 

Last edited by twintail - on 07 July 2026