With how short people's attention spans are nowadays and with bad industry news hitting constantly, Sony are probably betting that the outrage will be short-lived and that a few months now everyone will have moved on and stopped caring.

Timing this announcement just days after GTA6 moved 30 million preorders without a disc release was also rather cunning; if people put their money where their mouth is now, they'll have to miss out on the biggest game release in history, or just admit they don't really care THAT much.

People aren't serious otherwise they would unsubscribe from their PS+ as protest, boycott wolverine as protest...

Instead I've heard people simply say I'm going to buy the game physically lol. I mean I get the logic but you really gotta hit Sony hard & now... Not in 2028

Ironically I unsubscribed from PS+ when they rised the playstation 5 price in April because it felt greedy but in hindsight they weren't just being greedy, RAM prices are genuinely increasing at an insane rate and they'll probably be selling at a loss again within a year.

Ads are definitely on the cards but before we drag all forms of monetisation, do we want Sony MS to be able to offer a version of the PS5/Helix at a $499 price? If so something has to give. They're not going to sell $1000 hardware at a $500 loss. 

Other things include paying upfront $299 and then paying a super premium PS+ contract for 24 months which is like $50 a month.

Circana's Matt Piscatella:

He is right,but i think he misses 1 verry important detail, if the ps6/helix will be 1k+(and only will get more expensive later on) most first years sales would be from the diehard gamers (and rich people) and most of those gamers i suspect are people like me who loves to collect videogames physical.

I may be mistaken and time will tell but sony is going to have a VERRY difficult time selling a 1k+ ps6 to family's and they will struggle even further with there loyal fanbase.

Iam a loser who cant even spell normally and i read the room and see quit clear ps6 is going to be a disaster.

Whatever sony' vision is for ps, i a fan since 1996 won't be a part of.

I don't quite get the last post. I feel like there are two approaches Sony could take. It could go for accessibility and convenience by making a digital-only console that's so cheap and easy that consumers are willing to sacrifice the security/flexibility of physical. Or it could go for an enthusiast machine where physical games are sold at a premium, hoping collectors and diehard fans pay for the privilege.

A $1,000+ console that's digital only is the worst of both these worlds. Who would be lining up for that?

Yeah I'm not convinced this is necessarily the path Sony will go down, at least I certainly hope not, more a warning of what can happen if a company decides to chase the biggest spenders.

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/07/ps5-will-be-my-last-console-after-45k-votes-86percent-of-df-viewers-say-sony-should-reconsider-killing-physical-games

What Matt P. Is talking about will end in failure. Brands that refuse to grow and turn to milking their dwindling userbase never last long.

Louis Rossman is so embarrassingly outside his wheelhouse on this one. 

https://youtu.be/aLOy4o9ODTg?t=200

"As long as the product requires connectivity to an online server in order to work, whether it came in the form of a DVD, a cartridge, a Blu-Ray, etc. It wouldn't buy it. " And Louis, you are completely ignorant of the fact that the vast majority of physical game discs play without a required connection to the internet. Doesitplay.org has shown this time and time again. This is what has people so upset. Because physical game discs were a very simple and relaible way to make sure you actually owned something. As long as the game didn't ship with DRM on it Sony cannot take your access to the game away from you without you agreeing to it in an update. And even then you would just need to delete said game and reinstall it from the disc to regain access. This is what you and so many ignorant PC-Only types don't understand about physical media in 2026.

Well, this news is gonna start to become a thing of the past after Xbox layoffs start tomorrow. From what the leaks have been, they’re going to be pretty devastating.

Seamus Blackley just posted “holy shit. That’s all. Holy shit” timing of a post like that can only mean one thing.