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The Internet Reacts To PlayStation Killing Off Game Discs
Some days I lament having to get up at 8 a.m. to hit the blog mines, but then sometimes major news breaks that early in the morning and I get it. Well, good morning everyone, PlayStation just announced it will stop making discs for games starting in 2028. It’s a huge blow to physical media, but also a predictable one. There have been many, many signs that companies have been trying to get out of the disc-based game space for a while. The fact that the “physical” version of Grand Theft Auto 6, the biggest game of the decade, is just a code in a box was just the latest one.
This has huge ramifications for physical retailers, collectors, and people who still live in areas with bad internet service providers who have to spend literal days downloading a 100GB video game. It also comes shortly after PlayStation delisted hundreds of digital movies, reminding everyone that if you don’t have a disc in your hands, anything you buy can be revoked if the powers that be choose to do so.
The internet is not taking the news well, and hot on the heels of fans reacting poorly to GTA6 seemingly going digital-only, I imagine this will be an even bigger shitstorm that lasts well beyond today:
incredible of playstation to announce the end of physical disc production the week after they deleted all the movies you bought digitally from your account
— Samantha Mackenzie Greer (@sammgreer.bsky.social) 2026-07-01T12:13:46.230Z
Physical media? Dead Physical hardware? Woefully expensive Major studios? On life support Indie financing? lol Indie success? A total lottery Job security? Give over
— Chris Kerr (@kerrblimey.bsky.social) 2026-07-01T12:39:08.529Z
– Future of your digital library is up in the air– “Closed Garden” digital means no incentive to push deals– Preservation of titles becomes questionable– You aren’t going to see cheaper MSRPs with this move.
There’s literally no benefit to the consumer in removing physical. https://t.co/VR1mbUdm1Z
Announcing that you’re no longer producing physical games at the same time as announcing that you’re shutting down a digital storefront is quite the choice https://t.co/g6k28TCgh5