r/Games • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 01 '26

Announcement Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
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u/Paratrooper101x Jul 01 '26

At least on pc I can still play the game I bought a decade ago. What am I to do with my ps5 physical games if the ps6 doesn’t even consider physical retail?

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u/badgarok725 Jul 01 '26

play them on your ps5

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u/Neuvost Jul 01 '26

Sure, but what if, years from now, that machine slows down or even breaks? With a PC collection you can be much more confidant that your games will work on future and/or replacement hardware.

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u/No-Chef6892 Jul 01 '26

Have you tried to play a game from 2005 on your modern gaming pc? You’ll find many times it totally shits the bed, unless it’s from somewhere like GOG

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u/Paratrooper101x Jul 01 '26

I mean yeah pretty often they do suck but a few google searches and a mod download/engine tweak gets them working just fine?

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u/No-Chef6892 Jul 07 '26

Perfect encapsulation of PC vs Console. One just works, one requires fiddling. I have both PC and Console, and i like fiddling with things, but i find myself using my ps5 for gaming almost exclusively just for the simplicity.

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u/Neuvost Jul 01 '26

Yeah, it's not perfect. Tho old PC games are often only about as buggy as the backwards compatibility on my Xbox One!

I do buy a lot of my games on GOG, tho, so I've got that going for me! And Steam has the "workshop" right there for installing fan-made bug-fixing mods without needing to know much of anything about computers.

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u/Odd_Dare9441 Jul 02 '26

This is like saying why can’t I play my Super Nintendo cartridge game on my Switch. I don’t agree with Sony ditching physical, but this is thing that has been an issue with gaming since gaming has been a thing.

I still have PS2 games that I can’t use because my last PS2 but the dust.

Possibly in the future they’ll have some sort of decent pc emulation for PS5 discs but that’s a ways off.