Right now, PlayStation introduced that, as of January 2028, bodily video games for PlayStation consoles might be discontinued. In a press release on the PlayStation weblog, Sony stated the next: “As client preferences and the broader leisure trade proceed to shift away from bodily discs to digital, bodily sport disc manufacturing for all new video games releasing on PlayStation consoles might be discontinued beginning January 2028.”
Additionally they stated, “This can be a pure route for Sony Interactive Leisure to adapt to client developments as the final choice for digital media considerably outpaces bodily discs. This transition will allow us to align extra carefully with how most of our neighborhood prefers to entry and play video games at present.“
While the information is disappointing for a lot of gamers, it’s maybe not stunning that Sony has made this resolution. As of the top of April 2026, Sony reported that 78% of full sport gross sales have been digital. So it’s clear that many of the viewers has moved in the direction of the digital market.
That is one other main blow for gamers preferring bodily video games, following final week’s announcement that Grand Theft Auto VI will launch and not using a disc model. The information may additionally recommend that the PlayStation 6 might be launched as a totally digital console and that we would not see it until after the 2028 cut-off for bodily media.
Are you unhappy to see the top of bodily PlayStation video games, or have you ever been all digital for some time?
