I read PS physical sales are currently about 15% of the market. That’s about 70 million sales in 2025. Seems dumb to cut that out, but maybe it will work out for them.
Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 days agoTrue. but also, some places that don't have reliable Internet access rely on physical media. They're cutting out part of the market entirely.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 days ago
It seems dumb to us. But I'm sure they're (selfishly) considering the cost of manufacturing and distributing physical discs vs the number of people who can and will switch to digital if that's all that's available.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Seems risky, since the video game market is in an unprecedented place economically now. It may just be that the old AAA model just doesn’t make sense any more. I’d welcome a collapse of it, but am interested to see what the market can bear.
Suavevillain@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I forgot about that part. I hope people get them to rethink this.
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 days ago
It says in the article that Sony (and other platforms too) have seen a significant drop in purchases of physical media. So I really think they just don't care about those customers that rely on it and Even with some backlash this is likely to go ahead (same as with Blu-ray disks which are also being sunsetted). I can't say I'm surprised that they're doing this given that they want to stop manufacturing Blu-rays altogether.