{"id":755835,"date":"2026-07-11T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/755835\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:29:14","slug":"eu-cant-force-playstation-to-keep-making-physical-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/755835\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Can’t Force PlayStation To Keep Making Physical Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were hopeful that the European Union would provide a barrier to Sony\u2019s decision to stop manufacturing new PlayStation physical games starting in 2028, I\u2019ve got bad news for you. An EU commissioner has claimed that companies are \u201cfree\u201d to offer games however they want, assuming they don\u2019t break the law in the process.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Sony announced that it will no longer print physical Blu-ray discs for new video games released in 2028<\/a> and after. While physical PlayStation games will still linger around for years to come, it\u2019s clear that Sony is moving on<\/a> and entering a new all-digital future, no matter how much fans or celebrities yell at them<\/a>. However, some fans were hopeful that the European Union, which has in the past been able to force companies like Apple to stop doing dumb shit globally,<\/a> would be able to step in and stop Sony from making the shift to all-digital gaming. According to Michael McGrath<\/a>, the EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, don\u2019t count on it.<\/p>\n

As reported earlier this week by the Irish Mirror<\/a>, McGrath was talking to reporters in Strasbourg\u2019s European Parliament and was seemingly asked about Sony\u2019s plans to end disc production. His answer was that the EU really has no power to stop them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does come down to commercial and contractual freedoms,\u201d said McGrath. \u201cAnd companies are free to offer games and services in the manner that they see fit, provided that consumer rights are fully protected in line with national and EU law.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGrath also mentioned the EU\u2019s response to the Stop Killing Games movement. Last month, the EU Commission said<\/a> it can\u2019t create laws or regulations to ensure game publishers must keep servers up or offer ways to play games after their online services are terminated. Instead, the Commission said it would work with the game industry and others to create a code of conduct for video game preservation.<\/p>\n

In any case, for the time being, it seems like Sony\u2019s plans to stop making physical games and go all-digital are still moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you were hopeful that the European Union would provide a barrier to Sony\u2019s decision to stop manufacturing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[18758,283956,2211,1014,74],"class_list":["post-755835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-eu","tag-physical-games","tag-playstation","tag-sony","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}