PlayStation Kills Off Future Physical Games

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. It’s official: PlayStation consoles are doing away with physical game discs for new titles starting in January 2028, making digital the only release format going forward. Sid Shulman, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s senior director of content communications, detailed PlayStation’s plans for physical media in a terse PlayStation Blog post. He called the end of disc-based titles a “natural direction” for the brand. You’ll only be able to buy new games digitally through the PlayStation Store or as a download code in a box that can be redeemed online. Shulman said the “transition has no impact on games that already released” and clarified that any title that was already planned to have a disc version will still be available as a physical copy, for now. The one game we already know won’t be available as a physical copy is Grand Theft Auto VI. Publisher Take-Two Interactive has already confirmed that GTA VI will only be available digitally. More publishers will likely follow suit, meaning there will be fewer future re