DECRYPT · 2026-11-07 14:01 UTC

Sony Axing Game Discs Will Have Outsized Impact on Low-Income Gamers, Experts Say

Sony plans to stop producing physical game discs from 2028, and experts told Decrypt that low-income gamers will be among the hardest hit. Joost van Dreunen of NYU Stern says losing physical and discounted used sales cuts access for players at the bottom of the economic spectrum, while bandwidth also becomes part of a game's cost; about one in four rural US households lacks a wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. Isa Muhammad of Bijetic says the PS5 is already out of reach for most Africans, the PlayStation Network is supported only in South Africa among African nations, and buying digitally…

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