Sony will stop making PlayStation game discs in 2028, all but ending hopes of a physical GTA 6

Sony made it official on the PlayStation Blog on July 1: from January 2028, no new PlayStation game will be pressed on disc. Titles releasing after that date go digital only, while anything that shipped on disc before the cutoff stays unaffected and playable. The company says the preference for digital now far outpaces physical, and per Sony figures cited by CNBC, downloads accounted for 78% of full-game purchases in the fiscal year that ended in March 2026. The same day brought the wind-down of the PS3 store in select markets this year, with the PS3 and Vita stores closing worldwide next year.

For GTA VI fans the news lands with a familiar sting. Rockstar already confirmed on June 24 that the game's boxed edition ships with a download code inside, no disc, and pre-orders opened on exactly those terms. Strictly speaking the door is not bolted shut: GTA VI launches on November 19, 2026, and the cutoff only covers new releases from January 2028, so a disc pressing before then remains technically possible. But Rockstar has shown zero appetite for one, and Sony just told the whole industry where PlayStation is headed. A game built to skip the disc, on a platform that is retiring the disc, adds up to the clearest answer yet: if you want GTA VI on your shelf, the box will hold a code, not a Blu-ray.