Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only
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Sony setting a 2028 end date for discs locks in a fully digital console future—distribution, pricing, and ownership debates now move entirely into software and policy. Publishers and tool vendors should plan for a world where every console is an always-online, telemetry-rich endpoint and physical resale is gone.
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