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[DragoonKain]

Most were focused on the PS5 Pro falling behind the PS4 Pro in that tweet....and no one really paid attention to this.

I don't think we know for sure if its been discontinued, but that usually happens when a new model comes out.

The digital edition XSX caused the digital % to grow alot for Series consoles.

If it's not discontinued they definitely scaled back, because the OG XSX model is sold out everywhere. Try and find it at any retailer it's impossible. That's usually a sign of unofficial discontinuation.

Microsoft wouldn't release a console that has no disc drive and discontinue the one that does and still release physical games. Recent Xbox releases like Avowed didn't have a physical copy at all and I expect going forward all big future releases and exclusives won't.

 

[ManaByte]

Except Sony and Nintendo, right?

Sony will go digital. Nintendo never will because controlling the game medium is one of the pillars of their business.

 

[mckmas8808]

Sony will go digital. Nintendo never will because controlling the game medium is one of the pillars of their business.

Sony is digital now. So why not do physical with the PS6? What would be the reason to stop?

 

[gothmog]

Except Sony and Nintendo, right?

Heh. Yes, although I would argue that even they don't want to pay the costs. The numbers are probably there to keep a decent amount of shelf presence, though. I would suspect the retail stores are practically giving that space to them in exchange for a nice cut of each sale.

I feel like physical copies should just be outsourced or printed on demand at this p9oint.

 

[mckmas8808]

Heh. Yes, although I would argue that even they don't want to pay the costs. The numbers are probably there to keep a decent amount of shelf presence, though. I would suspect the retail stores are practically giving that space to them in exchange for a nice cut of each sale.

I feel like physical copies should just be outsourced or printed on demand at this p9oint.

Is it possible that you guys are looking at this from a Western or 1st world view? Also......doesn't shelf space help the visual marketing for Playstation and Nintendo?

 

[ManaByte]

Sony is digital now. So why not do physical with the PS6? What would be the reason to stop?

By 2028 there won’t be any disc replicant plants operating anywhere in the world. There’s only one in North America as it is (in Mexico).

 

[RetroGamingUK]

By 2028 there won’t be any disc replicant plants operating anywhere in the world. There’s only one in North America as it is (in Mexico).

That’s for recordable media only, discs you can burn at home.

 

[bitbydeath]

Except Sony and Nintendo, right?

It makes sense for Microsoft, Phil hinted recently that next-gen Xbox will be cloud based.

 

[ManaByte]

That’s for recordable media only, discs you can burn at home.

No it’s for Blu-Rays. There’s only one replication plant still operating in North America. 10 years ago there were like six. It’s down to one now, which is why 4K discs take so long to come out and the print runs are low. Companies have to schedule their replication time up to a year in advance now and if there’s a problem with a disc run it can take months and months to get replacements made.

Sony DADC operates the only remaining plant in North America, and there are fewer than five disc replication plants for Blu-Ray remaining globally.

People are in denial.

 

[mckmas8808]

It makes sense for Microsoft, Phil hinted recently that next-gen Xbox will be cloud based.

Understood. Hence why the next MS console will die a fast death!

 

[Mattyp]

So you are saying for the ps7 generation there won't be an optional disc drive add on? Hard to say what will be happening say 12 years from now, assuming ps6 in 4 years and ps7 8 years after that.

Guarantee it, they’re already at 80%+ digital sales split.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

No it’s for Blu-Rays. There’s only one replication plant still operating in North America. 10 years ago there were like six. It’s down to one now, which is why 4K discs take so long to come out and the print runs are low. Companies have to schedule their replication time up to a year in advance now and if there’s a problem with a disc run it can take months and months to get replacements made.

Sony DADC operates the only remaining plant in North America, and there are fewer than five disc replication plants for Blu-Ray remaining globally.

People are in denial.

What’s your source for 2028?

 

[Brucey]

No it’s for Blu-Rays. There’s only one replication plant still operating in North America. 10 years ago there were like six. It’s down to one now, which is why 4K discs take so long to come out and the print runs are low. Companies have to schedule their replication time up to a year in advance now and if there’s a problem with a disc run it can take months and months to get replacements made.

Sony DADC operates the only remaining plant in North America, and there are fewer than five disc replication plants for Blu-Ray remaining globally.

People are in denial.

"Sony is ending production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media, along with MiniDV cassettes, the company announced. Last year, Sony said that it would gradually end manufacturing of recordable optical media at its Tagajo City plant due to poor sales. Now, production will definitively halt next month and "there will be no successor models," according to the Japanese web page.

In the announcement, Sony referred to "Blu-ray Disc media," by which it means recordable media only, not Blu-ray discs used to distribute movies (Engadget asked Sony to confirm that it's only halting recordable optical disc production). Sony currently offers 11 products in the recordable category, ranging from 25GB to 128GB, in both R (write once) and RE (write multiple times)."

Sony is halting production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes

Sony is ending production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media, along with Mini DV cassettes.

www.engadget.com

BD-R (recordable blu-ray discs) != pressed blu ray discs used for ps4 and ps5 games.

 

[Brucey]

That’s not what I was talking about. But war on warrior.

Xbox series following a glorious "all digital" future doesn't mean Sony is also going down that path. There's a significantl portion of the playstation userbase that values physical media and disc drives, Sony know this and there will absolutely be a disk drive option for ps6.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

It’s dreadful. Can’t even find things like Indiana Jones at Best Buy. Hopefully the next Xbox is digital only so I won’t have to deal with such awful scarcity anymore. That and the fact that most of my physical games have been cross gen but that’s a different issue all together.

 

[Brucey]

Guarantee it, they’re already at 80%+ digital sales split.

On the software side? We don't get a lot of ps5 digital versus disc drive data but what we do have from Japan shows healthy demand for the disc drive model? Around 80% LTD not including the disk drive attachment?

"Hardware

• Switch: 3,983 (total 20,066,829)
• Switch Lite: 11,094 (total 6,473,891)
• Switch Oled: 30,112 (total 8,827,863)
• PS5: 75,070 (total 5,550,115)
• PS5 DE: 26,362 (total: 944,104)
• PS5 Pro: 7,546 (total 172,238)
• Xbox Series X: 35 (total 319,519)
• Xbox Series X DE: 46 (total 19,889)
• Xbox Series S: 640 (total 332,626)
• PS4: 20 (total 7,929,295)"

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/famitsu-sales-week-9-2025-feb-24-mar-02-highest-ps5-weekly-sales-since-its-2020-launch-week.1681503/

 

[Brucey]

It’s dreadful. Can’t even find things like Indiana Jones at Best Buy. Hopefully the next Xbox is digital only so I won’t have to deal with such awful scarcity anymore. That and the fact that most of my physical games have been cross gen but that’s a different issue all together.

Play it on gamepass for "free"? Assuming you have the upper tier required for day 1 games.