Sony ending physical disc production in 2028, going digital only

[iamthemilkman]

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

That DOES make sense from a pure business standpoint, but I fail to sympathize with multi-billion dollar companies. Especially when the decision is SO penny-pinching (and, yet, so destructive) in nature.

Must be a huge character flaw of mine

 

[contrail_]

By 2028 will there even be any console exclusive games?
And honestly, is there any ps5 game that you want to own on a disc?

 

[iamthemilkman]

By 2028 will there even be any console exclusive games?
And honestly, is there any ps5 game that you want to own on a disc?

 

[Rocket2049]

Discs are completely pointless,
every single game has updates, patches, and/or DLC at some point
physical copies won't be great since you need internet to connect to update.
idk man i don't understand physical copies anymore, i have like 500 ps4/5 games
i can't imagine having 500 game cases.
it was a pain when i had like 40 dreamcast games and like 300 PC CDs
i converted all of that into digital form. (kept the discs of course)
i'm very happy to have a digital library, and not messing with cases, scratching discs, and other BS that could happen.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Discs are completely pointless,
every single game has updates, patches, and/or DLC at some point
physical copies won't be great since you need internet to connect to update.
idk man i don't understand physical copies anymore, i have like 500 ps4/5 games
i can't imagine having 500 game cases.
it was a pain when i had like 40 dreamcast games and like 300 PC CDs
i converted all of that into digital form. (kept the discs of course)
i'm very happy to have a digital library, and not messing with cases, scratching discs, and other BS that could happen.

If you're scratching discs, that's a you issue, butter fingers.

 

[Rocket2049]

but you know what they should CUT DOWN THE PRICES since we no longer get physical copies or booklets or really anything real lol.
nintendo has some nerve with their empty "key cards" being 80$, god damn...

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

WELP! This is the end for me in terms of Playstation. It was a long run, but I guess its time to transition completely to PC. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

 

[iamthemilkman]

but you know what they should CUT DOWN THE PRICES since we no longer get physical copies or booklets or really anything real lol.
nintendo has some nerve with their empty "key cards" being 80$, god damn...

You'll get even higher prices. PS6 games will be $80 across the board, perhaps climbing to $90 before the end of its generation.

 

[Rocket2049]

If you're scratching discs, that's a you issue, butter fingers.

shit happens, i've never scratched a disc myself
i've purchased used games scratched to hell and it's just an annoyance to deal with, especially with CD game rentals. or borrowed from friends, or friends scratching MY discs (i never let people borrow my games after some... incidents back in dreamcast times)
it's a zero chance issue on digital copies is all i'm saying.

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WELP! This is the end for me in terms of Playstation. It was a long run, but I guess its time to transition completely to PC. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

isn't PC basically all digital by now? don't see how that changes things...

 

[iamthemilkman]

shit happens, i've never scratched a disc myself
i've purchased used games scratched to hell and it's just an annoyance to deal with, especially with CD game rentals. or borrowed from friends, or friends scratching MY discs (i never let people borrow my games after some... incidents back in dreamcast times)
it's a zero chance issue on digital copies is all i'm saying.

It's pretty much impossible to scratch a Blu-ray disc unless you're physically trying to. It's fairly common that PS5 discs come loose during shipping and not once has one of those loose discs been scratched because of how scratch-resistant Blu-ray discs are.

 

[Ikagura]

The PS6 will be digital only...

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

isn't PC basically all digital by now? don't see how that changes things...

Yeah but Steam isn't going to close down in 20 years after like they are doing with PS3/PSVita stores. ITs officially over for a lot of Playstation users from one I seen on Twitter.

 

[Ikagura]

nintendo has some nerve with their empty "key cards" being 80$, god damn...

It's up to the third party publisher's choice, actual game cartridges are still sold on the console and the price are variable as well.

 

[Rocket2049]

It's pretty much impossible to scratch a Blu-ray disc unless you're physically trying to. It's fairly common that PS5 discs come loose during shipping and not once has one of those loose discs been scratched because of how scratch-resistant Blu-ray discs are.

huh, that's interesting, i just looked my few physical PS3 games, not a single tiny micro scratch on any single one, nice.

 

[Morgan Katarn]

Well it a given most Switch games are just here have a flash cart that basically initiate a digital download.
GTA VI physical edition will give you a CODE to download. Sony just joining every one else that abandon physical long time ago.

I just don´t give a fuck anymore.

 

[iamthemilkman]

The PS6 will be digital only...

Yep. I imagine we'll see stories like this but for games in the coming years. Time to own nothing and be happy, consoomers.

 

[Mopeybloke]

Yeah but Steam isn't going to close down in 20 years after like they are doing with PS3/PSVita stores. ITs officially over for a lot of Playstation users from one I seen on Twitter.

(Vocal) online sentiment doesn't always translate into real world numbers.

 

[Shihainin]

 

[Rocket2049]

Yeah but Steam isn't going to close down in 20 years after like they are doing with PS3/PSVita stores. ITs officially over for a lot of Playstation users from one I seen on Twitter.

what? i just downloaded PS3 games a week ago on my PS3, pretty sure you just can't buy new games or content.
even their post today says "player will still be able to download previously purchased content for the foreseeable future"

well either way, PS3 and Vita games can be download from "other places" now. they'll be available
forever one way or another.
PS4 and PS5 games are also available to download at "other places"

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

foreseeable future"

its over

 

[Wesmess]

Don't you love when you create an entire media format just to kill it off 4 decades later?

 

[Elwiwi]

Podía pasar

 

[ThunderBoy]

Fuck you, Sony.
As for me, I'll keep collecting my precious UMDs.

 

[ZeromusVX4]

I'm a PC gamer so physical media was never that important or even available to me but consoles in my mind are made so you can put a thing in it to run your games, at that point why even bother getting one, a handful of exclusives aren't worth a $1000 investment