{"id":6532,"date":"2026-09-05T07:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/?p=6532"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:59:05","slug":"playstation-fizicke-igre-shawn-layden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/playstation-physical-games-shawn-layden\/","title":{"rendered":"Biv\u0161i \u0161ef PlayStationa nazvao budu\u0107nost bez diskova \u2018depresivnom\u2019, ali ka\u017ee da postoji rje\u0161enje"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former PlayStation<\/a> executive Shawn Layden has described the move away from physical game discs as \u201cdepressing, but solvable,\u201d arguing that Sony could potentially license PlayStation disc production to third-party manufacturers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future of physical PlayStation games has become a major talking point following Sony’s confirmation that it plans to stop producing physical PlayStation discs beginning in 2028<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layden, the former chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, believes that doesn’t necessarily have to mean the end of physical PlayStation games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shawn Layden Says Third Parties Could Produce PlayStation Discs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speaking with Game, Layden suggested Sony could license its disc-production process to specialist manufacturers willing to continue producing physical games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAnd unless they decide or determine a way to license that to some of these bespoke disc manufacturers, there\u2019s no way to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

His comments suggest the infrastructure could potentially survive without Sony directly manufacturing the discs itself, provided the company creates a licensing system for third-party production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layden described the current situation as \u201cdepressing, but solvable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PlayStation Is Moving Toward a Digital Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sony’s decision to end its own physical disc production in 2028 has raised concerns about game preservation, ownership and the long-term availability of physical releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PlayStation has confirmed that existing physical games will continue to be supported after 2028, meaning players won’t suddenly lose the ability to use their current disc collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, whether new PlayStation games will continue receiving physical editions through another manufacturing arrangement remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, Layden’s proposal offers one possible route for keeping physical PlayStation games alive even after Sony stops pressing the discs itself.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has described the move away from physical game discs as \u201cdepressing, but solvable,\u201d arguing that Sony could potentially license PlayStation disc production to third-party manufacturers. The future of physical PlayStation games has become a major talking point following Sony’s confirmation that it plans to stop producing physical PlayStation discs beginning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_shortscore_rating":"","_shortscore_game":"","_shortscore_summary":"","iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"ohg_news_type":[173],"ohg_game":[],"ohg_company":[188],"ohg_platform":[176],"class_list":["post-6532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","ohg_news_type-report","ohg_company-sony-playstation","ohg_platform-ps5"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6538,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions\/6538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"ohg_news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ohg_news_type?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"ohg_game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ohg_game?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"ohg_company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ohg_company?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"ohg_platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overhypedgamer.com\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ohg_platform?post=6532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}