Sony transition to all-digital PlayStation ecosystem
The developments in this story so far, most recent first.
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Development
Sony plans to end physical PlayStation game disc production by 2028
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· date approximate Background
Digital downloads accounted for 78 percent of Sony's full-game unit purchases in the fiscal year ending March 31.
In the fiscal year ending March 31, digital downloads accounted for 78 percent of Sony's full-game unit purchases.
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Physical game sales in the US declined significantly compared to 2008-2009 levels.
According to Circana data, physical game sales in the US fell to 37 million units in the past year, down from 297 million units recorded between June 2008 and June 2009.
Analyst Mat Piscatella noted a stark contrast in sales performance: in the first half of 2008, 100 PlayStation games sold over 100,000 physical units, while in the first half of 2026, only seven games reached that threshold.