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Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward' (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: playstation, sony, physical discs

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Sony’s Plan to Kill Physical PlayStation Discs Faces Gamer Backlash (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ajay Kumar | tags: playstation, sony, physical discs

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PlayStations Discs Are the Least of Sony’s Problems Right Now (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: playstation, sony, ram

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A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Rob Thubron | tags: ps5, xbox series, physical discs

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Sony pushes forward with ditching discs, despite backlash (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: playstation, sony, digitalization

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Xbox says game discs should have worked during its outage (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Anna Washenko | tags: xbox, game discs, licensing service

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Somebody Remind Me Why Game Discs Are So Great Again? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: xbox, game discs, entitlements

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PlayStation Network outage resolved after thousands of gamers unable to play (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-24 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: playstation network, sony, amazon web services

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PlayStation’s Day-Long Outage Has Gamers Asking What’s So Wrong with Discs (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: playstation, playstation network, sony

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Sony's Decision To Ditch Discs Was Practically Inevitable, Data Shows (slashdot.org)

2026-07-23 | tags: sony, playstation, circana

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Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: sony, playstation, circana

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GameStop CEO says Sony's decision to go disc-less is 'totally irrelevant' — claims software, including physical discs, accounts for only 12% of the company's business (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Etiido Uko | tags: sony, gamestop, physical discs

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Xbox Might Have Way to Win Over PlayStation Fans as Sony Ditches Discs (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: digital, digital future, digitize

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PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Rasmus Larsen | tags: account, digital, discs

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PlayStation disc petition approaches 200,000 signatures as backlash grows over Sony's decision to stop producing new physical media — firm still plans to produce optical media for existing titles, but new games will be digital only (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Luke James | tags: disc, discs, games

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GitHub Thumbs Nose At Sony's Controversial End to Physical Media With Its Introduction of Repo CDs (slashdot.org)

2026-07-07 | tags: discs, github, july

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Sony says it will still make physical discs after 2028, as long as the game came out before then (engadget.com)

2026-07-05 | by Jackson Chen | tags: disc, discs, game

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Game Discs Deserve to Die (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: game discs, digital future, consumer-friendly

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Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-01 | get PlayStation Digital Store Gift Card → | tags: playstation store, sony digital audio disc corporation, physical discs

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The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun (theverge.com)

2026-07-01 | by Jay Peters | tags: playstation, discs, sony

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Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin (wired.com)

2026-07-01 | by Matt Kamen | get PlayStation 5 Digital Edition → | tags: playstation, sony interactive entertainment, physical media

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Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028 (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-01 | by Lauren Forristal | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: sony playstation, ps5, physical discs

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PlayStation will end physical disc production for new games in 2028 (cnbc.com)

2026-07-01 | by Cj Haddad | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: playstation, sony, playstation store

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PlayStation will stop releasing games on discs in 2028 (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-01 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get PlayStation Digital Game Card → | tags: playstation, sony interactive entertainment, grand theft auto vi

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Sony will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get PlayStation 5 Disc Drive → | tags: playstation, sony, playstation store

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Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Https | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: playstation, sony, playstation store

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Sony is killing all physical PlayStation game discs (theverge.com)

2026-07-01 | by Dominic Preston | tags: sony playstation, physical discs, grand theft auto vi

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Flipdiscs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | get FlipDiscs LED Display → | tags: flipdiscs, alfazeta, atmega128

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The Internet Archive makes 758 classic PC Gamer demo discs available to the public (techspot.com)

2026-04-20 | get Classic PC Game Demo Collection → | tags: internet archive, pc gamer, demo discs

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Blu-ray lives on as Verbatim and I-O Data pledge support with new drives and discs (techspot.com)

2026-04-12 | get Verbatim Blu-ray Disc Pack → | tags: verbatim, i-o data, blu-ray