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On July 1st, Sony made it official: starting January 2028, no new PlayStation games will be released on physical disc. Every new title will be digital only, sold through the PlayStation Store or retailers as a download code. Games already released before that date are not affected.
Sony's reasoning: 85% of PS4 and PS5 full-game sales are already digital.
The timing made things worse.
Just days before the announcement, Rockstar confirmed that GTA 6's "physical edition" would ship with a download code in the box instead of an actual disc. Players were already angry about that. Sony's announcement landed on top of it.
Even Domino's UK got in on it. Their official account posted a mock statement on X:
"Domino's UK will cease production of physical pizzas and shift to production of digital pizzas only."
The core of what people are actually upset about isn't nostalgia for the disc itself. It's what the disc represented: something you owned. You could resell it, lend it to a friend, put it in a box for ten years and it would still work. A digital license doesn't work that way. If Sony pulls a game from the store, or shuts down a storefront, what you paid for disappears with it. The PS3 Store closure, announced the same day, reminded everyone that this has happened before.
💬 Quick question: when you buy games, do you usually go physical or digital?
Sony's reasoning: 85% of PS4 and PS5 full-game sales are already digital.
The timing made things worse.
Just days before the announcement, Rockstar confirmed that GTA 6's "physical edition" would ship with a download code in the box instead of an actual disc. Players were already angry about that. Sony's announcement landed on top of it.
Even Domino's UK got in on it. Their official account posted a mock statement on X:
"Domino's UK will cease production of physical pizzas and shift to production of digital pizzas only."
The core of what people are actually upset about isn't nostalgia for the disc itself. It's what the disc represented: something you owned. You could resell it, lend it to a friend, put it in a box for ten years and it would still work. A digital license doesn't work that way. If Sony pulls a game from the store, or shuts down a storefront, what you paid for disappears with it. The PS3 Store closure, announced the same day, reminded everyone that this has happened before.
💬 Quick question: when you buy games, do you usually go physical or digital?
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