Sony keeps disc-drive quotas as it pivots toward digital PS games
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Sony will end production of physical PS game discs in January 2028 and move to digital releases at retail, but the company is still rationing attachable disc drives due to ongoing demand, limiting sales to one per order; discs released before 2028 will remain playable on PS5, and reports suggest Microsoft may adopt a similar disc-free approach with Project Helix.
- At the same time as killing off physical discs, Sony has to ration attachable disc drives sales due to "high demand" Eurogamer.net
- Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles PlayStation.Blog
- Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed The Verge
- PlayStation Just Struck A Hammer Blow To Game Preservation Engadget
- Companies join hands to collectively dunk on PlayStation's all-digital future — Domino's pizza, KFC, and GameSir all threaten an end to physical production Tom's Hardware
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