UK retail group, the Entertainment Retailers Association, has criticised Sony’s decision to stop physical game production, stating it doesn’t represent progress.
Sony is not going to reverse its decision on killing physical game discs, an industry consultant has said, noting how lucrative digital content is.
A new report has claimed that Sony neglected to keep its publishing and business partners in the loop about its plans to scrap physical game discs on PlayStation.
Lords of the Fallen 2 publisher CI Games has said that the lack of a physical version of Grand Theft Auto 6 ‘feels unfair’ to the studios that still support physical media.
Sony has revealed that developers will still be able to place orders for physical game discs for titles that were released prior to January 2028.
The CFO for Sony Interactive Entertainment has admitted the company’s live service plans haven’t gone ‘entirely smoothly.’
Digital Foundry has estimated that the PS6 will feature at least 24GB of RAM to enable new machine learning features.
Sony’s rumoured new PS Portable unit set to release with the PS6 will apparently require patches to run PS5 games properly.
FSR 4’s release has been celebrated by AMD, with the company thanking Sony for its contributions. AMD, of course, is expected to power the PS6.
The PS6 releasing in 2028 ‘feels right’ to former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida, who suggested a 2027 is ‘a bit too early.’