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The disc is dying. Sony just put a date on it.

Sony's PlayStation division will stop producing new physical disc games by 2028, accelerating a shift the industry has spent a decade pretending was still a debate.

Daniel Whitmore · Monexus Opinion desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·2 Jul 2026·Live on the wire ↗
Sony's PlayStation division will stop producing new physical disc games by 2028, accelerating a shift the industry has spent a decade pretending was still a debate.
Sony's PlayStation division will stop producing new physical disc games by 2028, accelerating a shift the industry has spent a decade pretending was still a debate. THE VERGE · via Monexus Wire

Desk note: The wire framing of this story has been almost entirely platform-positive — a story of modernisation and customer convenience. Monexus has read it as a structural shift in who controls the post-purchase life of a game, and asked what is lost when "owning" a title stops meaning owning a disc.

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