At D23, attendees saw a trailer featuring Sora visiting Coco and the Land of the Dead. After around 7 years in development, the video confirmed slow but steady progress. That gives hope that the action RPG will emerge on time, although some followers still fear a postponement. Even a short Kingdom Hearts 4 release date delay could have dire implications for a PS5 disc version. Sony intends to accommodate physical game advocates until January 2028. Titles shipping before then can expect restocks of retail cases holding tangible media. Meanwhile, new arrivals become exclusively digital.
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… This puts the publishers at financial risk even before the discs start selling at retailers. With no discs being sold, Sony will likely have to adjust its royalty fee, but as per the firm, this cost will still be lower for publishers than the cost associated with distributing physical discs. …
Kingdom Hearts games have a strong following among cartridge and disc supporters. The 4th entry in the Square Enix and Disney RPG series now has a late 2027 release date. Still, a brief delay may push its launch past January 2028, when PlayStation ceases producing new PS5 discs.
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… 31 years later, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will officially be the last physical Tomb Raider release on PlayStation, when the original Tomb Raider that it's remaking released with a disc for the PlayStation 1 in 1996. …
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… It's also not a great look for Sony to bungle the launch of a physical product like FlexStrike just two weeks after announcing it won't produce new game discs starting in 2028. …
… New plans to shut down the PS3 PlayStation Store were announced alongside the plan to stop producing physical discs, but fan efforts did at least delay the inevitable. The upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 is going to be a code in a box, with no disc version available at all. …
