{"id":785140,"date":"2026-07-07T02:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785140\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:32:08","slug":"death-of-physical-media-edmonton-gamers-disappointed-sony-nixing-physical-copies-in-2028-citynews-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785140\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of physical media? Edmonton gamers disappointed Sony nixing physical copies in 2028. &#8211; CityNews Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxOTnV4MEF1WkdhZkFGcHk5WXdabktqZ3UxN2Rjd3V1UFV2VWlTUXFOZ1U5Z25RNlFoVFFuWnEycEw5aU1KeVBkNXVpdEZSMVpHa2RlSEYtcXZLV3FiN1ZUNkMtZnpxNUt0NEFkbWhiRmZuYlFpRVY1blc4X2JUR3Ywdl9mRDdzcGRxY3dnbHZUaUhvcW5qT3JmWWlXTGJWNDVPRklzQUR4cVRxMlpBMXBETUJKWVBEWWdNZUI5OTl2MEljWWJ3NDJvSzRaRGhXeGNy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Death of physical media? Edmonton gamers disappointed Sony nixing physical copies in 2028.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CityNews Edmonton<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxOaG5sZ1A1N3hQZ1JyZDVwQ1U5cG11WU94UGxsYVozUXl0a05yaGtuS3NEMGxsUHRFUEhUZEpDU3FGZjNVNHJ6Si1vQkRLVGlnNzRMTmRCbm9HcGczcmNZWHVxZlpKdDJTZVYtZ1NGVzVnSzB5VmZIZ3o4VFpNYnYzWGJBRHY1SzVSYWpCUmY0eFRHeGdlTDNUUVd6Z1gyYllGempIME1DYk04cnBmVzUya3NNSXJPNVFFRVRyNzlSTmc2N0FMQTduUXFFLUIzeUVzN3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PlayStation.Blog<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxOUGxBV3FmNF9UcTNnc0gwUTlobWc2SUtnYmhNSzZZd09GbVN4MVBYTnF2NmVNYm85anp5T2ZNREY4ZTZZV3VUNHNwMnktRXBqT2VtYXNRY2RIbXZNWExsT1hSRFhqTTVtN1RReTFmcDdrNWQxVjJNOHlwbl82a3hQOTY1NA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Sad Kind of Convenience<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Atlantic<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNdFMxN2NRUk91Y3RZUFJXbHdSbHl4eXFEaExCWklYU0YzNXhFc1I5LXR4X2hHVmphdWR3MUdxVk9mS09FMEhNck82NmcyMGx5Mm9jM3lnREt6N2RmNU4zaFVvWGhrRkE1WGUxc0ludWFtV01teE1ZNWhtMkpVWTZCYzhzU0o5amN1amllMkQtSG1tQ0Q3NzlmcTlBS09JQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sony to end releasing PlayStation games on disc, earning ire from gamers despite market shift to digital<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNYk1VWHBkRktNbGFVMF9LZUxCaVNmWGEtclFsR2IzeGJxWEJoVGdWbDVwZlZNbW9lR094bUFxZ3h0M3E2cVJjTVFGY1FoWkpqdXE4NWFLcTJsekp2NzJ6VDFIOWFsT28xU0lVM0VkNkZVQWZXRnFKY3ljS3M4V3pQVGEwNmJyZWlsMTBaOVNwODE1cENmdHRaTHMtNWNCcUQ5QW92cjE0T0g?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sony\u2019s All-Digital PlayStation Strategy Doesn\u2019t Sit Well With Gamers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bloomberg.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Death of physical media? Edmonton gamers disappointed Sony nixing physical copies in 2028.&nbsp;&nbsp;CityNews EdmontonPhysical disc production ending in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-785140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}