IGN furious, retweets: “In case you missed it: Physical disc production for new PlayStation games ends in January 2028.”

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In case you missed it: Physical disc production ends in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles.

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ICYMI: Physical disc production ends in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles.

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-just-killed-discs-physical-disc-production-to-end-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles

With a 95% download rate, there’s no problem at all.
The only ones complaining are the idiots who buy second-hand games.

There is literally zero support for Sony in the international media.

I read the IGN article and they were legitimately pissed off.

How kind of them to keep announcing it over and over again.
I’m sure SIE appreciates it.

They tried to brush it off as mass hysteria, but their damage control failed lol.
Even the media isn’t siding with them, haha.

Whaaat! Really?

With this level of backlash, they’re definitely making the worst move in industry history.

In the end, game manufacturers paying for ads on game media sites is just undermining their own credibility.

The whole world is wondering what they’re talking about, discontinuing discs when they’re just inflating numbers with Chinese mobile games.

Yeah, downloading dozens of GB assumes you have a fiber-optic connection.

That’s still over a year away, isn’t it?
IGN is so persistent.

IGN, you need to realize your reputation is already in the gutter.

It’s hilarious that they keep saying it because it’s important.

What really happened to IGN?
They had a decent amount of loyalty and faith, if not quite as much as IGN Japan.
It’s like they were cut off from their under-the-table money along with the discs.

If the download rate was actually 90%, no one on X would be this angry.

Just try calculating a 90% download rate for games like Wilds or FF16 and you’ll see it makes no sense.
It would exceed the total number of consoles sold worldwide.

If it’s 90% downloads, then it’s good news, right?
What’s the problem?

They intend to keep posting about this for the next year and a half.

In the past, if an important person at Capcom said something like that in an economic magazine, people would have stormed in to demand a retraction.
I guess Sony just lost that “Sony magic.”

There’s no point in siding with the losers.

They know that doing this will shrink the console market and reduce their work.

I get that you’re pissed PS is discontinuing discs, but where are you going to move to?
If you insist on physical, you’re stuck with Nintendo hardware forever.

(Thanks to PS Plus, free-to-play, and gacha) 90%.
The other 10% (paid software) mostly lost to “Funyabee” (the Astro Bot character).

Just pin this topic already.

This cost-cutting will eventually extend to ad spending too.
It’ll be their turn soon.

Sony’s PR department is on summer vacation for some reason, so the users and the media are doing the job for them.
Sony should be grateful.

It’s supposed to be 90% digital, so you should be happy, right? 🥹

I wonder what the last physical title will be.
I’m excited!

Is IGN seriously pissed off? lol

They were their dog for so long, rebelling now is pathetic.
What a miserable pup.

Is it good or bad that it’s not even a topic in Japan anymore, since it’s already dead?

They’re probably doing it because if they used all their empty disc stock on GTA, they’d run out immediately, so they’re using paper sleeves.

It’s a trash market where even popular games like Goemon are left unsold, so just let it close quietly.

Most PS games have no replayability, so one playthrough is enough.
Since you don’t play them after beating them, it’s better not to have them on your shelf or taking up space.
I respect people who collect physical media like movies, though.

IGN Japan will defend them, though.

Even though their hired writers (lol) and fanatical cult followers will defend them regardless…
It’s pathetic that the main battlefield—the international scene—has lost its faith.

Getting pissed at a business decision won’t change anything.
This isn’t something that just started today.
Taiyo Yuden, Mitsubishi, and Panasonic abandoned discs long ago.
PCs don’t even come with drives anymore, and players are tucked away in the corner of electronics stores.
Sony was just the one that held out the longest.

It really shows that all that PS-defending was just for the money~
It’s so obvious how quickly they turn on them once the cost-cutting stops the flow of pocket money~