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Boycott planned after PlayStation announces the end of disc production

Gamers and retailers warn the shift could raise costs and limit ownership, while Sony says digital games accounted for 78% of sales in 2025.

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A Clearwater video game shop owner says PlayStation’s 2028 shift away from discs could affect game prices, ownership and local retailers.

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NewsGaming.net For Jacob Navok (ex-Square Enix, Genvid) the disappearance of games in physics will bring down the price of digital games Several reasons why the public is worried that Sony will end the production of games on records as early as January 2028. The question of preservation, first, then that around the market of the occasion, condemned to die. Others are concerned about Sony's monopoly on its PlayStation Store, which would give him …

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Fans are still not happy – to put it nicely – with the announced off for PlayStation discs starting in 2028 and telling the company accordingly. read more

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While Sony has announced the end of physical media on PlayStation, the abandonment of discs could paradoxically lower the price of digital games. This, at least, is the theory put forward by Jacob Navok, former head of business strategy at Square Enix.

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futurefive.com.au broke the news on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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