PlayStation Physical Disc Production Is Coming to an End, Practically Confirming the PS6 Will Be Digital Only
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The rumor kitchen for PlayStation 6 is hot and the direction in which Sony's next generation of consoles could move is more disturbing than exciting for many gaming fans in Germany: digital-only, significantly more expensive than usual and accompanied by a price model that can change depending on the person and time. The PS6 is not yet officially announced, but several signals point to a future in which physical games and clear price tags are in…
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After Sony announced the end of the physical discs of the Playstation, the release period of the PS6 should be clear as well.
Everyone missed what Sony truly revealed with the end of discs on PS6
As many people heard today, Sony said that they would stop releasing DISKS physically in stores for PlayStation. However, we missed that they also said that they would still be selling games physically in stores. This is an obvious contradiction that many people immediately and without evidence jumped to “Oh that means code in a box.” This is missing the MUCH more obvious answer right in front of all of us. Sony is going all in on Cartridges for…
Sony will end the production of physical game discs for new PlayStation titles as of January 2028. This is likely to have consequences for PS6 as well.
PS6 "won't arrive until 2028 at the earliest," analyst predicts following Sony's decision to kill physical games, and the base model won't have a disc drive
Now that Sony's revealed it's discontinuing physical games in 2028, the big questions are: when is the PS6 going to arrive, and will it allow you to play discs at all? One analyst believes we might be waiting a while for the new system, and doesn't expect Sony to emphasize discs in the standard version of its new-gen console.Piers Harding-Rolls, senior games research analyst at Ampere Analysis, shared his thoughts with Game File. "This pretty mu…
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