Former PlayStation Exec Criticizes Sony’s Plan to End Disc Production by 2028

The pushback matters less as a logistics story than as a signal about how platform owners are testing the limits of digital-only distribution. A former insider framing the shift around what customers actually own puts the reputational risk on the record, which is unusual for a company still selling hardware. The open question is whether that criticism stays a one-off comment or becomes a broader consumer and regulatory talking point as the timeline approaches.