Sony to Halt Physical Disc Production for New PlayStation Games in 2028

Sony Interactive Entertainment will stop manufacturing physical game discs for all new PlayStation console titles beginning in January 2028. After that date, newly released games will be sold exclusively in digital form, whether purchased through the PlayStation Store or from retailers. Games that shipped on disc before the cutoff are unaffected and will continue to exist as physical media.

Sony frames the move as a response to consumer behavior, arguing that demand for digital downloads has decisively outpaced physical media. The company says the change lets it concentrate resources on digital access and distribution while still offering purchase options at both online and brick-and-mortar retailers.

The decision accelerates the industry’s broader drift toward digital-only ownership, with implications for game preservation, resale and lending markets, and buyers on limited bandwidth—all of which depend on physical copies that will no longer be produced. The announcement accompanied separate updates affecting the PlayStation Store for legacy PS3 and PS Vita platforms.