Oof… Big oof.
When Sony recently announced it would be ending the production of physical media for the PS5 (and presumably the PS6) from January 2028, the gaming community was quite rightly up in arms.
Yet despite the ongoing backlash, the actual data indicating how poorly physical media sells these days doesn’t lie. And it’s looking grim, indeed. According to Mat Piscatella from Circana, just two PS5 games sold more than 10,000 physical copies during the week ending 11th July 2026. In addition, only seven have sold more than 100,000 physical copies year-to-date.
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