Post #3519375
2026-07-01 20:28 UTC
"...consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs. This transition will enable us to align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games.."
👆 This is how Sony PR tries to frame the ending of physical discs as something gamers want. It’s corporate gibberish and an outright lie. There are two more plausible reasons for this move.
1. There is ZERO competition in the digital Playstation games market, there simply is no other platform, not counting "codes in a box". It's a monopoly and Sony has full control over pricing. Expect Sony exclusives to cost full retail for a very long time (see Nintendo).
2. This will completely eliminate the secondary, pre-owned market for upcoming games. You can't sell or share digital games.
As an unfortunate side effect, public libraries can no longer lend future Playstation games - sorry, kids.
A sad day for gaming fans and game collectors.
#gaming #playstation #ps5
#libraries
Replies (3)
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@chris@mstdn.games 2026-07-01 20:31
PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita will also close soon. Make sure to download whatever you need to backup (games, themes, wallpapers etc.) https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playstation-store-for-ps3-and-ps-vita/ #PS3 #PSVita #Playstation
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@silver_huskey@fandom.ink 2026-07-01 20:39
@chris@mstdn.games Yeah, this exactly. And it's so sad to see some fanboys cheering it on.
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@fringemagnet@sunny.garden 2026-07-01 21:02
@chris@mstdn.games Sigh... nothing inspires confidence in ending all physical media production to move to an exclusively digital model more than simultaneously announcing that you are also shutting down the digital store for an earlier console, only days after you removed hundreds of purchased films from people's libraries, I guess. :blobupsidedown: