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… Sony stands to gain far more control over the market should physical discs be eliminated, according to a number of the industry experts we spoke to, who explained what motivated Sony to make that decision in the first place. …
Sony is still rationing its supply of attachable disc drives despite announcing plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation games because of changing "consumer trends". …
Sega is the latest publisher to make its views about physical media clear, in the wake of Sony's controversial decision to kill off the manufacture and sale of discs by 2028 . …
… The move to end physical media has proved unpopular. …
… "As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028," Sony said at the time. …
… Back to Sony and physical games, however. At the time of writing, Sony has shown no desire to reverse its decision to stop producing and selling game discs, despite plenty of commentary about how it will affect consumer rights . …
… Sony is still rationing its supply of attachable disc drives despite announcing plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation games because of changing "consumer trends". …
Sony has been asked about its decision to kill off physical media in PlayStation's latest earnings call. …
… SM&C's argument is one shared by others who say the end of physical discs could take retailers out of the picture, removing a core element of competition. …
… "By the time I left, maybe we had some people looking in it, and physical piracy, that kind of stuff," he said. "We used to do a lot - we had a lot of energy 20 years ago; you used to see those photos that we put out of bulldozers going over pirate discs in Hong Kong, crushing them. …