Sony Signed the Disc's Death Certificate, Eighteen Months in Advance

We are gathered here today — no, wait, that's too morbid. Let me try again. Sony just scheduled a eulogy eighteen months out, filed it as a corporate blog post, and had a Senior Director sign it. January 2028: that's the date physical disc production ends for new PlayStation games. Most deaths don't come with a press release and a countdown, but here we are. The official language is exactly what you'd expect: "a natural direction... to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs." Translation: nobody's buying discs anymore, so we're done making them. Or at least that's the story — nevermind that they've wanted digital-only for years now; this is just the point where the sales numbers finally gave them cover to say it out loud instead of just chipping away at it quietly. Games that already shipped, or are scheduled to ship, on disc before the cutoff aren't affected. Everything after January 2028 is digital-only, full stop.…