Sony’s decision to go forward with a fully discless future for its PlayStation consoles, starting with the PS6, took even one of its former executives by surprise. Back in February 2025, Shawn Layden (who had left Sony in 2019 after a 32-year career during which he was CEO of SIE America and Chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios) claimed Sony wouldn’t do that because of their far-ranging market reach: some countries, he reasoned, still had a prominent retail presence. However, on July 1, 2026, Sony announced that it would cease producing PlayStation discs from January 2028 onward. A huge online backlash […]
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