{"id":378353,"date":"2026-09-18T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378353"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:29:51","slug":"playstation-revives-its-old-used-game-joke-now-its-about-digital-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/playstation-revives-its-old-used-game-joke-now-its-about-digital-games\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation revives its old used-game joke: now it’s about digital games"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Tokyo Game Show 2026, an old PlayStation used-game joke came back around, and this time it sparked a fresh round of backlash online. The reaction followed Sony saying it will stop making physical discs<\/strong> for new PlayStation games in January 2028.<\/p>\n

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Former PlayStation executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes reenacted their famous 2013 PlayStation 4 skit, only now there was no case and no disc anywhere in sight. The callback revived that 20-second handoff that mocked Xbox One<\/a> restrictions and helped pitch PlayStation as the console for people who wanted to own, resell, and lend their games.<\/p>\n\n

Sony’s push toward digital isn’t hard to understand. Full-game downloads<\/strong> reportedly climbed from about 13% in 2013 to 78% to 80% by 2025, which cuts manufacturing and retail costs and gives publishers tighter control over pricing, plus a direct relationship with customers. Even so, Alinea Analytics says six of the seven major first-party Sony games released since 2022 still sold 32% to 47% of their copies in physical format.<\/p>\n\n

If you’re a collector, a bargain hunter, or just someone dealing with limited internet or storage, this is the part to pay attention to. The backlash is really about what disappears with discs<\/strong>: resale, lending, preservation, and access that doesn’t depend on a storefront, especially when digital purchases are licenses<\/a> rather than ownership. Nintendo still gets 38.5% of its sales from boxed copies, and Microsoft has also looked at disc-to-digital changes, which turns an old PlayStation 4 victory lap into a reminder that ownership doesn’t look the way it used to.<\/p>\n\n

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