Sony recently announced that it will stop issuing physical discs of new PlayStation games starting in 2028. After the news was exposed, it triggered a strong backlash from players. However, now foreign media has revealed even more exciting inside information. It turns out that not only players were frightened, but even the co-publishers only found out after seeing the news.
There was no notice at all beforehand
According to reports, an anonymous publisher revealed that Sony had no prior notice of its plans to stop selling the physical version. “Although our partnership with PlayStation seems to be very close, we had no prior knowledge of this decision.” Sources also said that Sony’s attitude towards partners has become increasingly aggressive in recent years, and this approach was even described by some industry insiders as a “take it or leave it” ultimatum.
I didn’t know until my own branch was also synchronized.
What’s even more exaggerated is that it is said that even some overseas branches of PlayStation only learned about the news after the announcement was made public, which is almost the same time as the general players learned about the news. In other words, far fewer people knew about this major decision that could change the entire PlayStation publishing model than outsiders imagined. As the controversy continues to rage, the suspension of physical edition sales is no longer just a dispute between players and digital factions, but has gradually evolved into a storm that the entire gaming industry is paying attention to. Sony has not yet responded to the relevant revelations.