PlayStation 6 Ditches Discs as $1,000 Hardware Costs Reportedly Push Sony Toward Higher Prices and No Game Reselling

PlayStation 6 Ditches Discs as $1,000 Hardware Costs Reportedly Push Sony Toward Higher Prices and No Game Reselling

A black PlayStation 6 console with blue lighting stands on a platform with the 'PS6' and 'PlayStation.6' logos displayed prominently.

Yesterday, Sony Interactive Entertainment left gamers speechless by confirming it will no longer release physical discs of PlayStation games starting from January 2028, effectively changing gaming forever, and definitely not for the best. However, beyond adapting to current market conditions, which see the vast majority of sales in digital format, there are a few reasons related to the PlayStation 6 hardware and rising costs that have prompted Sony to make this decision, according to known hardware leaker Kepler_L2. “My BoM estimate was for the digital model anyway,” the leaker said on the NeoGAF forums, clarifying that the nearly $ 1,000 bill of materials estimate for the PlayStation […]

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