Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently reacted to data shared by Sony showing that consumers are trending toward digital game purchases.

It’s been quite a drop for PS5 sales in the last 12 months, with Sony reporting a 36% decline in hardware sales.

The recent Sony PlayStation Q1 FY2026 report shows that digital media continues to have a stranglehold on all game sales.

Sony has finally responded to fan backlash surrounding the choice to kill the PlayStation disc, with digitalisation being the clear future.

Sony has announced the free monthly games available for PlayStation Plus subscribers starting on August 4.

Sony’s vinyl turntable promotion sparked criticism from gamers still frustrated by plans to end physical game disc production beginning in 2028.