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Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suit The shift towards digital is expected to have a negative impact on specialist game retailers. Photograph: Francois Guezou/Sipa/Shutterstock Sony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation console GO AD-FREE! Sony's largest PlayStation disc plant is already reassigning staff to make other products THE PLANT IN AUSTRIA HAS INVESTED €30 MILLION IN NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE OPTICAL MICROLENSES INSTEAD Sony's largest production site is already preparing its staff to move away from manufacturing discs and start making other products instead. The site in Thalgau, Austria produces 600,000 discs every day, but that number is expected to drastically drop following Sony's announcement that PlayStation games will no longer have physical disc releases starting from January 2026. Guess what? Optical Microlenses are critical for AI data centers. That means we can add physical media to the list of things the AI industry has killed alongside affordable hardware. MP1st @MPfirst Report: PlayStation's ceasing of physical disc production has been decided for "some time," as the manufacturing divison of the discs are transitioning to make optical microlenses. mp1st.com/news/report-so... 2:00 PM - Jul 3, 2026 - 391K Views Relevant 3.3K 17K 1.1K View quotes Sony says it doesn't plan to sell hardware at significant loss but is 'monitoring the market' with PS6 in mind. A report from Austrian news site ORF at checked in with the plant to see what its plans were, and whether Sony's news would result in layoffs for disc manufacturers. Apparently Sony has a manufacturing facility in Austria that does most of the disc generation and distribution and apparently that factory being laid off. Actually they're being repositioned with a new fresh cash amount of €30 million in order to build what are called micro lenses they're used for AI production to know why anything can thank clankers