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Demi Williams

Ex-PlayStation boss calls Sony's plan to kill physical disc production 'fairly dramatic' and remembers a time when 'digital sales were zero percent because we didn't have a digital market'

The PS5 Slim and DualSense sitting horizontally sitting on wooden table next to a vase of flowers with a white brick background.
  • Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says Sony's decision to scrap physical discs is "fairly dramatic"
  • Layden recalls a time when digital sales "were zero percent" because Sony didn't have a market
  • He believes the move will also mean the PS6 won't have a disc drive

Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden has shared his opinion on Sony's decision to stop producing physical discs and its plan to move all-digital, calling it "a fairly dramatic decision."

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