It shoukd be a consumers choice whether they want physical media or digital not sonys the arrogence of the compsny i hooe it back fires on them

Since I support physical media, I will continue to boycott Sony because I can see it is effective.

@Dan12836666 It is the consumer’s choice to an extent. Not enough people are buying. It’s sad but it is what it is.

Sigh...........

I'm here keep waiting for some confirmed news, ANY CONFIRMED NEWS, about this topic that doesn't ruin my day.

I get that disc drives are expensive to produce, but if you're not doing discs, then there needs to be an alternative. I've seen a comment on Pure Xbox come up with the idea of using Amiibo like technology for key cards. That can work.

Anything but bloody codes in a box.

@VeldinX Yeah. People buy less DVDs, DVD players become less desirable. DVD players not selling as well, meaning that the cost of manufacturing goes up. Cost of manufacturing going up means that nobody's interested in making them.

It sucks, but that's how it goes. At least for movie fans, I'm certain that alternatives from more specialist manufacturers will help fill the void.

Sony is doing what’s best for they’re business. they see the shrinking physical numbers and moving accordingly.

@Dan12836666 If we're talking exclusively about standalone blu-ray players and blu-ray players within the console, if the demand isn't their as they say then they don't need to produce anything.

Panasonic and smaller chinese firms are still developing them.

If the market for this is super small nowadays I'm not surprised Sony is stopping production on it.

I honestly didn't know UHD Blu-Ray Players were a thing. I know a Playstation is one obviously but if the market is small and they aren't making enough profit off it then it makes sense.

I know they are going to stop producing disc's for games in over a year(people still need to be patient over if they make a separate disc drive or not, although some people can't be which is funny lol) but I think this is just them getting out of a dying/low profit market/product.

@Dan12836666 I understand what you're saying, but consumer choice doesn't mean forcing companies to manufacture things they don't want to.

I suspect there will always be some manufacturer making UHD Blu-Ray drives, much like how some niche companies still make VCRs.

I personally have a small UHD Blu-Ray collection and will continue to buy them every once in a while. That collection and my PS4 games are the only reason I even have a disc drive on my PS5.

More proof that Sony doesn’t want my business.

Message received.

Such is the way of things, last Blu-ray I bought was 2021s Snyder justice league....and I've never played that disc
And probably never will as it's on hbo

@VeldinX i understand what youre sayiing i agree it seems that wau sadly

Don't know anyone with a dedicated UHD Blu-ray player (not counting PS5s) or indeed any UHD Blu-ray discs.

@get2sammyb the sad thing is the ps5 will be a lot if peoples last console i love gaming especislly single player games but i might bow out this generation it kills me to say that sadly

I bought an x700 way back in 2019. Hard to believe it’s been seven years. It’s a nice little player that does a nifty job of upscaling blurays/dvds. It’s a weird thing watching the slow death of mass market physical media. Really makes me feel my age.

Ah balls, I hope my ps5 never breaks or that 4k Blade Runner blu-ray was a waste of money.

@get2sammyb you crack with up when you say Japanese Giant. How are they a Giant when NIntendo outsells them and Sony hardly makes any products anymore in Japan. HAHA

But this is sad news, I like Ultra HD movies as they give me the best video and sound. It’s really the only few discs I buy a year as I’ve been digital only on games for over a decade. It’s the one form of physical that made sense to me. Games don’t. I wonder if this will greatly reduce the release’s on the format.

It does show that Sony will not reverse course on the PS6. This is a confirm digital only console. Which don’t upset me, but it sure is going to be interesting to see how Sony works with countries that still rely on physical media. I know those aren’t there main markets to consider, but loss of sales in that market surely can’t be ignored for the whole PS6 generation I wouldn’t think.

Japanese Giant, you really crack me up HAHAHA

@wildcat_kickz
Sort of the same here.
I found a really (really) good deal on a Disc drive for my Pro recently, and decided to buy - not for games, I have been digital for years - but for my small DVD / BR collection.

I still think Sony will have an optional drive for PS6 - for PS5 disc collections, but thats not 100% certain so it made sense to have the Pro with a disc player as I usually keep a 2nd console in my household.

@HonestHick

@get2sammyb you crack with up when you say Japanese Giant. How are they a Giant when NIntendo outsells them and Sony hardly makes any products anymore in Japan. HAHA

Last I checked, Sony is still a Japanese company, headquartered in Tokyo and listed on the Nikkei 225, with a market cap over double that of Nintendo. That is not meant as a slight to Nintendo, just to put your comment into context. There are many things wrong with Sony right now, but labeling them a Japanese giant is just ... accurate.

@Rich33 We seem to be in the same boat. I haven't purchased a single PS5 game on disc. I'm not convinced that the PS6 will even have an optional drive, but I tend to keep my old consoles anyway, so I should have the option either way. The ideal situation would be for them to somehow make the PS5 drives compatible, but with the PS5's odd shape, I highly doubt it.

The only good thing about repeatedly and intentionally shooting yourself in the foot is that you eventually bleed out.

@VeldinX DVDs and CDs sell a lot less but they're still being produced. This is 100% Sony's choice to gain full control of the market.

@Ainu20 they are the only Japanese company really still making anything there. They are dead last in everything they make not named PS. This year is the last year they own their TV’s as the deal with TCL owning 51% starts in April of 2027.

Sony used to be one of my favorite companies for electronics. Slowly over 15 years i don’t own anything from them anymore but a PS. There is no slight to be had with Nintendo, they are a games company and they rule Japan. The software sales are insanely in their favor. It’s more of me laughing at big fish small pond.

In America we have true giants, they are Apple, Microsoft and Google and others. It just makes me laugh when he writes it. He never misses the chance to use it either HAHA

Years old model that hasn’t been replaced, part of an industry Sony has been moving away from for a few years, with minimal hardware sales. Has nothing to do with PlayStation, just part of Sony leaving behind markets that no longer make money or they can’t compete in. Even audio which Sony very much compete in is a stepped back operation compared to 20 years ago.

It’s not even a good player, Panasonic make better ones and I suspect this was actually discontinued from production for a while while they sold remaining inventory.

My PS5 is my last mainstream console.I am looking foward to the new Neo Geo Sony and Microsoft can sod off.

Hmm I remember the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD battle and Sony won, now they're abandoning it...sniff...things change.

Just get an external usb player, they are cheap, you can pick up a crappy no name one for £30. Rip your discs yourself using a PC or if your TV supports VLC player plug the external drive into the tv. If your tv doesn't support VLC player then AI can help with that.

All of you still crying over physical media need to get over. That time is sadly coming to a end. There is no profit in it and consumer choice has moved to digital. I have a small collection of about 20 classic movie's on 4k Blu-ray. Everything else is digital and life goes on. All this talk about boycotting Sony and not getting PS6 honestly feels dishonest. I can almost garantee that once this AI memory bubble pops and things begin to return to normal. Most people will have moved on got a PS6 and went back to gaming..lol.. 87% of the market is digital now so no matter how much crying you all do its not going to change it!

I think Panasonic are the front runners right now in this market. I do enjoy my player a lot, just hate the prices of the physical media. Prices have just exploded

Pretty sure Panasonic has been making the best UHD BD Players on the market for quite a while now, maybe that's why Sony gave up.

Not surprised. All physical discs are leaving the mainstream arena but Ultra 4k always seemed a bit too late and a bridge too far.

We borrow a lot of movies from our public library, my kid weekly, and most of those are dvds that we play on our PS3 Skinnier (the cheap slide top) and occasionally they’ll get a blu-ray, currently Black Widow, that we still play on our PS3 b/c why burn out my PS5 drive. Don’t think our library even carries 4k discs. I own Akira on 4k b/c it came in the box with the dvd and blue-ray. I also own it on VHS tape b/c it’s Akira. We don’t own a functioning VHS player though.

So while a 4k disc on a 4k tv would probably be ideal, I think most people are happy with their blue rays on 4k tv when streaming came along. I still don’t like watching dvds, even as good as the PS3 is, but even with a 75” 4k tv I don’t really see the need for 4k discs, blueray are good enough.

I own a lot of PS2 games I can’t play b/c no PS2. Maybe Sony can make PS6 have native PS2 support to drum out sales? Oh yeah, right, no disc drive, so no. 😝

Maybe someday we’ll all just have generic PCs hooked up to our TVs with drives that play everything, movies and games. Well not VHS tapes though, that Akira is staying on the shelf. 😁

@Dan12836666

It literally is a consumer choice. Not enough people are buying them to make it worthwhile.

It's quite simple, unfortunately.

@wildcat_kickz
Totally agree with you about PS5 drive compatibility with PS6.

This would be a very logical decision as those with Slims and Pro's who have the drive (and therefore want one) could just transfer it - imo not dissimilar to people transferring their drives when upgrading from Slim to Pro.

It would obviously be the most simple 'fix' for those who have physical PS5 collections and who are thinking of upgrading to PS6. (A built in PS6 drive being out of the question I believe).

The drive itself is not quite as 'oddly' shaped as the console, so an extra cover is likely the only thing needed - and I would think Sony will continue with optional covers - they seem to be successful.
There is also nothing to say the PS6 won't be similar shape to the PS5...
But I am just guessing at the moment.

Not only Sony, many companies have stopped fabricating disc drives and the few that remain are becoming prohibitively expensive, this to me is such a bigger problem than stopping disc production as it’ll become increasingly difficult and expensive to watch and play the collection we already own.

This is bad news for me (as a collector of movies/physical media), but I think I saw this coming. Now I feel validated for purchasing the disc drive earlier this year and installing it in my PS Pro. I still have my base PS5 model (with the disc drive) too, so I guess I’m covered for now.

Playstation might as well ditch making consoles too if they are eager to let go of making consumer electronic products and transition to entertainment. Which is ironic since their business decisions aren't entertaining me at all. Lol
I know people will say the console is their outlet for their exclusive gaming entertainment. Well, so are the other products in their "home entertainment" division that they are ditching. But I guess they are pretty happy enough to let the Chinese brands take the helm especially their TV and audio. So why not let a Chinese brand make the next Playstation console too?

Balls.

4k discs sales are on the up as well (I think).

Have a decent collection and thankfully my Panny DMP-UB700 is still working well.

The playback on my Series X compared to a dedicated player is crap.

I support physical media.

@THEDON82z1 sorry, but in the all digital future, media can be censored whenever. See Neptunia Sisters VS Sisters getting an update that censored all of its swear words in the dialogue due to a mistake made with the ESRB rating, but I got a physical copy for PS4, turned off the internet connection so it wouldn't update, and played it the way it was originally intended.

I'm not crying, but I will stick with my beloved physical media until the day I die so I can enjoy my games not being impacted by censorship and cancel culture, and I will most definitely not buy a PS6, since I don't even have a PS5 (I'm still on PS4 just fine).

If companies started absolutely promising that we would have permanent access to the original uncensored versions of media that we purchased, I would be on board with the all-digital future. But with how censorship and cancel culture are these days, I doubt that will ever happen, and that makes physical the best option.

But yeah, I've only ever bought two digital games on PS Store for PS4 on a deep sale, and that was before Sony's announcement of discontinuing physical games. But since then, I've purchased several PS4 discs 😜

@sanderson72 Hi there! I own an LG standalone UHD blu player and hundreds of regular and 4k blu ray discs.

Now you know someone!

@Skyliner That is a stunning 4K disc! My favourite movie, and it's never looked better.

@IllusiveMan

Why?

Just because these companies aren't making disc drives anymore doesn't mean that they're also sending out a elite team to Hunt down and destroy all existing players

It's not hard or expensive to log onto eBay and get a betamax player, a VHS player or even a laser disc player. Think people's Blu-ray collections will be safe for the rest of their lives if they really care

This company stinks man. Fing hate sony. No good news on the horizon. Even if the games are still great, this company isnt

We all know where this road leads. When people can't afford and stop paying the subscriptions they will look for other ways to watch. The likes of Sony can't go and whine about it later, although they're sure to try.

Sony's reputation must be so low in the gutter for many now. If I hear Sony, I used to think they were a great brand. Not now though.
I have more respect for the cheap Chinese brands. Who are likely to over take Sony soon anyway, if they haven't already.
Sony's best days are long behind them. They're a dinosaur.

They're discontinuing it because nobody was buying it. Weirdly, Sony's 4k players weren't very good and Panasonic have had the standalone 4k player market cornered for some years now.