Sony has pushed back on a wave of reports suggesting PlayStation disc manufacturing is about to be gutted by 90 percent after comments from a Sony DADC executive were allegedly misunderstood.
According to Game, which went directly to Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC) for clarity, output is actually expected to dip by 10 percent in 2028, not to 10 percent.
"To clarify and avoid any misleading information: in that statement Dietmar anticipated an overall product volume decline by 10 percent, not a decline down to 10 percent," a Sony DADC spokesperson told Game, referring to comments made by DADC chief Dietmar Tanzer to an Austrian broadcaster in July.
The spokesperson didn't say what happens beyond 2028, and directed further questions on reorders to PlayStation's own PR team, which didn't respond to Game's queries.
The confusion stems from PlayStation's July announcement that it will stop producing physical discs for new games from January 2028 onward, though already-released titles and games still slated for disc release before that date aren't affected, and reorders will continue afterwards.
Unlike Microsoft, which certifies third-party "Authorised Replicators" to press Xbox discs under its publisher agreements, Sony keeps disc manufacturing in-house, running it through DADC rather than opening the process up to outside plants.
Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad posited that cutting discs kills the resale market outright and pulls spending straight into the PlayStation Store, where Sony's margins are considerably better than they are on a retail sale.
Shawn Layden, the former chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios, told Game a disc-free future for PlayStation is "depressing, but solvable", though he said he doesn't have "line of sight on the particulars" of any potential licensing deal.
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