Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs

Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today. During an earnings call, Tao said there are “various reasons” for Sony's decision, with the biggest being that the “digitalization of [content] overall has been progressing.” “When we think about the future, and we put in a lot of thought and time, and we cautiously considered this, and we came to this conclusion.