Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
Console gaming Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs Sony doesn’t think the move will hurt it financially. During an earnings call, Tao said there are “various reasons” for Sony’s decision, with the biggest being that the “digitalization of [content] overall has been progressing.” “When we think about the future, and we put in a lot of thought and time, and we cautiously considered this, and we came to this conclusion. And we’re going to cautiously move this forward,” Tao said.
- ▪Console gaming Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs Sony doesn’t think the move will hurt it financially.
- ▪During an earnings call, Tao said there are “various reasons” for Sony’s decision, with the biggest being that the “digitalization of [content] overall has been progressing.” “When we think about the future, and we put in a lot of thought a
- ▪And we’re going to cautiously move this forward,” Tao said.
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Console gaming Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs Sony doesn’t think the move will hurt it financially. Scharon Harding – Jul 31, 2026 1:07 pm | 38 Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today.
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