Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

With this news, I have to wonder how much longer bluray will live. Will we continue seeing new bluray releases of movies and TV shows for decades, or are their days numbered? The loss of console gaming presumably removes a guaranteed revenue source that was keeping Bluray pressing plants alive. Sales of DVDs and Bluray have been declining for years [1] [3]. Some people have been excited pushing the news that UHD bluray sales increased in 2025, [2] but that ignores the fact that the total optical sales still dropped. [1] https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=... [2] https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=... [3] This article has a more complete graph: https://www.statsignificant.com/p/the-rise-fall-and-slight-r...

Sucks to see this right after the Studio Canal movie situation [1]. I won't be getting another PlayStation. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691346

I wonder if this signals anything about Sony's attitude to blu-ray movies. Aside from games one of the reasons their consoles have sold well is because they've been excellent physical media players. The PS2 for DVDs and the PS3 onwards for blu-ray. If I remember well PS3 was during the period where blu-ray lasers were production constrained and more expensive with Sony prioritizing their own devices, so the console was price and availability competitive against dedicated disc players by third parties. And the PS3 had pretty long term update/support. I'm fairly sure that had an impact on the financial side as it was in the era when console hardware was subsidized on the expectation they'd get a slice of game sales, except those consoles bought for primarily for movies didn't reimburse them so well.

One of the major reasons I upgraded to ps5 was because it would also allow me to play blu-ray movies. If the PS6 comes out with no disc player at all, not a chance I buy it. Also, that's a definite middle finger to second hand and physical stores then ? Hoping MS will make a bet in the opposite direction (but I don't see it) and the players will follow..

Shutting down the stores on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, too. https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playsta... Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745476