Sony will stop making PlayStation game discs for new titles starting in 2028
A full pivot to digital changes budgeting, retail partnerships, and how future releases get funded.

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A full pivot to digital changes budgeting, retail partnerships, and how future releases get funded.
A hard stop in 2028 reshapes costs, retailer expectations, and how publishers bet on preservation and access.
AI datacentres and memory scarcity are pushing Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo to raise console costs.
What sounds like a format change is really a supply chain and licensing reset for the whole PlayStation business.
The PS5 Pro may already be disc-less. Starting January 2028, Sony says new games will ship only digitally.
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