Sony Plans to Keep Selling PS Physical Games After 2028, But Expect Limits

Sony is reportedly planning to keep backing physical PlayStation releases even after 2028, even as it moves to wind down PS5 disc production. The catch is that Sony’s idea of “support” may be more limited than many players would hope, and it likely won’t interfere with the company’s broader push to reduce reliance on discs.

What Sony Says It Will Keep Doing After 2028

After Sony made its intentions public to stop producing PS5 discs, the company is said to have reached out to publishing partners and retail partners to reassure them that physical PlayStation games would still receive some level of assistance beyond 2028.

The details of that outreach, as described in a report, don’t promise an open-ended future for disc manufacturing. Instead, the message reportedly lays out two specific categories of continued support for physical products.

• Reorders of physical games that were originally released before January 2028.
• New orders for physical inventory that does not rely on discs.

Two Types of “Physical” Support, and One Unclear Piece

While the first category is straightforward—additional runs for earlier releases—the second item raises questions. It’s not currently clear what “non-disc physical inventory” will cover in practice or how it will be fulfilled.

Industry packaging has long used codes inside boxes as a common approach. That model has been highlighted recently by the “physical” version of GTA 6, where the product is treated as a physical purchase even though the code is the key component. With PS5 disc production ending, Sony may have to lean more heavily on alternatives to large boxed formats for delivering those codes.

One possibility is shifting toward options like physical gift cards rather than expecting every “physical” purchase to arrive with a disc-sized package.

Why This Likely Won’t Slow the PS5 Disc Wind-Down

Even with assurances to partners and retailers, Sony’s reported approach suggests it intends to keep physical game availability running in a narrower, more controlled way. In other words, the company appears to be separating “support for physical releases” from “continued disc manufacturing,” which would allow it to continue reducing PS5 disc production without fully abandoning physical storefront listings.