…They also claimed the removal of physical media would limit consumer choice and make it harder for smaller developers to compete, and that the digital-only model shifts ownership and control over…
July 1, 2026 July 1, 2026 Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 2,406 2,406 0 0 359 359 In response to shifting…
Sony's planned shift away from producing physical discs for PlayStation might be unpopular, but new sales data has highlighted the stark business reality behind it. According to analyst Mat Piscatella from…
…Nintendo continues to sell consoles that accept a form of physical media, but the Switch 2's Game Key Cards were seen as a step towards moving away from physical media. Perhaps…
…physical media,” he responded. “Rather than completely abandoning that, we are currently challenging ourselves to shift so that we can think about and act on the important aspects of digital media in…
…Hidden On Their Unpatched Physical Discs As consoles make the shift to becoming fully digital, the unintentional secrets that only be found hidden in unpatched physical media will be lost forever By…
…Hidden On Their Unpatched Physical Discs As consoles make the shift to becoming fully digital, the unintentional secrets that only be found hidden in unpatched physical media will be lost forever By…
…produce physical media through at least the end of the Switch 2 lifecycle, Piscatella added. “All of this will result in more of a psychological shift than a true market shift. The…
…Utsumi addressed this by saying that SEGA doesn't want to give up on the culture that it's built around physical media. But it will still shift to digital, because that…
When Sony recently announced it would be ending the production of physical media for the PS5 (and presumably the PS6) from January 2028, the gaming community was quite rightly up in arms…
