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PlayStation discs will stop rolling off Sony's production lines as of January 2028, a decision the company is pressing ahead with despite openly acknowledging a consumer backlash.
CFO Lin Tao, speaking through an interpreter on an earnings call, tied the move to a structural shift in how content is consumed, framing it as a carefully considered conclusion rather than an easy one.
What Lin Tao said, and how he said it The word Tao reached for most often was "cautious." He used it twice in the same statement: Sony "cautiously considered" the decision and intends to "cautiously move this forward." That repetition is telling.
It reads as a deliberate signal that Sony is aware this will not land cleanly with every user, and the company is choosing to put its process on record before criticism compounds.
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