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Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought (theverge.com)

2026-09-08 | by Sean Hollister | get PS5 disc drive → | tags: sony, sony dadc, thalgau plant

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Sony threatens to cut off customer support and pursue legal action over harassment as backlash to PlayStation’s physical-disc phaseout intensifies — company to move forward with no disc decision despite several lawsuits (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Etiido Uko | get PS5 disc drive → | tags: sony, playstation, physical discs

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You can now play PS3 games straight from the disc, without owning a PS3 (techspot.com)

2026-09-07 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Pioneer BDR-XD08B external Blu-ray drive → | tags: rpcs3, ps3 emulator, playstation 3

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Here’s Xbox’s Plan To Let You Save All Your Game Discs (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get Seagate Storage Expansion Card Xbox Series X → | tags: xbox, game discs, digital copies

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Sony Is Reminding Us (Again) That We Don’t Own Our PlayStation Games (cnet.com)

2026-08-25 | by Joe Hindy | get PS5 disc drive slim console attachment → | tags: playstation, sony, playstation 6

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Nintendo GameCube discs were small for a reason (engadget.com)

2026-08-16 | by Dave Meikleham | tags: nintendo gamecube, minidvds, dolphin emulator

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The pros and cons of the switch to digital games (engadget.com)

2026-08-09 | by Ben Stegner | tags: digital, discs, game

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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 | get PlayStation Digital Game Storage → | 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 | get PlayStation 4 Game Disc → | 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 | get GitHub Repository Organizer → | 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 | get PlayStation 5 Disc Edition → | tags: disc, discs, game

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Game Discs Deserve to Die (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | get Digital Game Download Card → | 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