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Mexican lawmakers are officially taking Sony to court over its decision to end PlayStation’s physical discs

¡Ay, caramba!

Destructoid

Sony doubles down on axing physical game discs — CFO reiterates 'we’re going to cautiously move this forward'

Sony confirms that its stance has not changed on ending the production of physical game discs for titles released after January 2028.

Tom’s Hardware

Sony is ditching discs as storage prices explode — here's how much it will cost you to download all 37 first-party games to your PS5 in 2026

Here's how much storage you need to download every first-party PS5 game, and how much that large-capacity M.2 SSD will cost you.

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Sony exec says killing discs won't make the PlayStation 6 too much like a PC: 'Going forward, we can coexist peacefully with PC games'

Despite pushback, Sony isn't changing its mind about dropping physical discs in 2028.

PC Gamer

Sony refuses to back down from killing physical media despite massive backlash; I hope Xbox doesn't follow their example, even though it's likely it will

During a recent financial earnings report, a Sony executive took the time to address the massive backlash it felt from gamers when it decided to end production of physical game discs for future PlayStation consoles, and their response is not one gamers want to hear.

Windows Central

Sony doubles down on plan to end PlayStation discs despite "strong views" against it: "We don't see that there will be any negative impact on our business"

"Digitalization is progressing"

GamesRadar

Sony descends its ivory tower to tell you it does not care about your ‘strong views’ on the killing of discs

Sounds like it's over.

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Sony CFO confirms PlayStation won’t revert physical disc production end plan despite backlash

Sony seems to stick to their plans.

Dot Esports

Sony Q4 Earnings Call Highlights

Sony (NYSE:SONY) reported record annual sales and operating profit for fiscal 2025 while outlining a corporate strategy centered on entertainment, intellectual property, creation technology and artificial intelligence. Hiroki Totoki, Sony Group Corporation’s president and CEO, said the company had

MarketBeat

Marathon season 2 begins in 3 weeks, but I fear it won’t be nearly enough to move the needle

The hype levels need to rise, and soon.

Destructoid

Sony says Ghost of Yotei made a 'significant contribution' to the 8 million PS5 units that were sold in late 2025, a feat that surpassed the Nintendo Switch 2 by 1 million units

The PS5 managed to outsell the Nintendo Switch 2 in the latter half of 2025 by 1 million units. The console sold 8 million units between October and December, which Sony partly attributes to Ghost of Yotei and other live service games.

TechRadar

PS5 will hopefully avoid a price hike this year as Sony CFO says "we intend to minimize the impact" of ongoing RAM shortage, company positioned to secure memory through 2026

But I still wouldn't get my hopes up

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei has "exceeded the sales" of Ghost of Tsushima "in the same period of time," says Sony CFO, and "significantly contributed" to the company's financial results

The sequel boasted 3.3 million sales in just over a month

GamesRadar

Sony says Marathon will still release by March 2026, pinky promise, and 'as needed, we will make corrections'

Not a sprint.

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TechRadar

Sony wants to extend the PS5 life cycle – 'We believe that the PS5 is only in the middle of the journey and we are really planning to expand it even further' says CFO

Sony chief financial officer Lin Tao has said that the PlayStation 5 is currently in the middle of its life cycle, but the company aims to extend it.

GamesRadar

Sony is "fully dedicated" to making sure Destiny 2 studio's troubled extraction shooter Marathon doesn't face another delay, with Bungie "still working on it" following more closed testing

Marathon is set to launch "as scheduled"

Fortune

Fortune's Most Powerful Women Asia 2025 list includes top CFOs from Huawei, ByteDance, Sony, Temasek

MPW Asia 2025 includes founders and C-suite leaders whose influence crosses borders and industries.

Android Central

Sony isn't giving up on Xperia smartphones just yet

Sony's CFO says smartphones are still a key part of the company's long-term strategy.

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Windows Central

Bungie Is Losing Its Independence — Destiny Studio to Become More Deeply Integrated Into PlayStation

Sony CFO comments on Bungie, stating they will gradually become part of PlayStation Studios

TechRadar

After Concord's flop, Sony admits its live-service plan 'is not entirely going smoothly' but says it will continue and learn from its mistakes

Sony has admitted that its current live-service strategy "is not entirely going smoothly" following the disastrous launch of Concord.

PC Gamer

Sony has seen enough: 3 years after acquiring Bungie, Sony says the days of independence are 'getting lighter' and its future 'is to become part of PlayStation Studios'

Bungie was intended to operate as an "independent subsidiary" when it was acquired in 2022, but that hasn't worked out.

GamesRadar

Amid Marathon's ongoing struggles and Concord's closure after just 2 weeks, Sony admits the whole PlayStation live service strategy thing isn't "entirely going smoothly"

It's all about the "longer-term perspective," though

PC Gamer

Sony CFO admits live service shift is 'not entirely going smoothly' in the wake of Marathon and Concord, takes a big hit of cope, says it's not all bad because Helldivers 2 and Destiny 2 exist

There's gotta be some more water to wring outta this stone somewhere.

GamesRadar

Sony says Bungie's "independence is getting lighter" as it aims to launch the Destiny 2 studio's troubled new FPS Marathon before April 2026: "We are now fixing the problems, so we believe this launch will happen"

It's still expected that we'll get a launch update this Fall

GamesRadar

Sony is prioritizing monthly active users over direct sales now, but the company's live-service games aren't doing too hot

It's a tricky time to be pivoting

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