Hideo Kojima on PlayStation Ending Physical Game Discs: 'I Find It Really Sad' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 July 2026 / 2,980 Views
Hideo Kojima speaking at the "Il Cinema in Piazza" Film Festival in Italy commenting on news that PlayStation is ending physical game disc production for all new games released on PlayStation consoles starting January 2028.
"Since production is ending in 2028, this is about video games, but I grew up with physical media, so I find it really sad. Currently, I’ve been buying up a lot of Blu-rays, such as various movies, and CDs too," said Kojima (via a translation by Genki on social media).
"The situation is different for games, as they are downloaded to the hard drive, that means the game data remains on your own hardware. However, if things shift to streaming in the future, that won’t be the case anymore.
"With streaming subscription services, like Netflix or Amazon, there is a server somewhere, and you essentially just have the right to turn the tap, and when you do, the data flows out. That’s how movies work on these platforms, right? You don't download the data, you access it directly through a subscription. And the consequence of that is that you don't actually possess the data yourself.
"There are companies that own these servers and let you 'turn the tap' for a monthly fee. However, with nations, politics and various ways of thinking, one naturally has to consider the possibility that if there is a change, the data inside will stop being distributed. And if that happens you won’t be able to watch or play the movies and games you like.
"That is what is frightening. So, what is happening to video games in 2028, might also happen to movies. I’d like everyone to keep that in mind."
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it sucks for sure but we all know this is the furure of gaming
If countries and companies keep doing things like they do right now then I'm sure we'll have no choice but subscribe to some video-game service at some point. Companies like Rockstar, Microsoft and Sony will stop selling games and instead offer subscriptions. Maybe console makers will stop making them alltogether and instead offer streaming-only game subscriptions and just sell gamepads or phones or something. Then the subscriptions will be like time-limited where you subscribe for 10 hours playtime a week or subscribe to one specific game only for a few bucks per month.
A bummer that there's only a limited amount of people in the world, right? If there were infinite growth potential, they wouldn't have to squeeze us for all we're worth. Maybe the people making human cell computers can artificially inflate those bottomless gluttons' user bases with mini-brain farms and actual people are finally left alone for a change. Anyway I better go pre-order GTA VI, I can't possibly miss out on those outfits!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. Honest to God, I will spend all my money on indies that matter and turn back to piracy for everything else. I have the income to buy any game I want, but fuck me if I am going to give my money to scumbags who fuck up this industry. If they don't want to preserve the games I love, I will find my own way to do it.
Yeah Well its not just kojima, theyre getting a lot of hate online, both from gamers and other corporations so i guess we'll see what happens.
We're gonna need a boutique outlet like Criterion for the games industry
That’s pretty much what Limited Run is.
Iam not sad iam heartbroken and extremly angry, F sony scumbags
Do you also insult Steam which is already digital and Microsoft, in case they go digital too?
I dont support steam and microsoft noo,pc ended when physical ended.
I feel the same way about not having physical keyboards on smartphones. Typing on these slabs suck.
