Sony acknowledges backlash, βcautiouslyβ moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs
31 July 2026 at 18:07
Sony is βcautiouslyβ moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today.
During an earnings call, Tao said there are βvarious reasonsβ for Sony's decision, with the biggest being that the βdigitalization of [content] overall has been progressing.β
βWhen 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 weβre going to cautiously move this forward,β Tao said.


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