Sony’s decision to stop producing game discs in 2028 has caused a real uproar. Some PlayStation owners see a dire future as they become dependent on digital services and lose the ability to trade old games in for new ones, while at least one analyst says we’ll all get used to it quickly enough anyway. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has now weighed into the debate, and he’s clearly in the “no big deal” camp.
Guillemot was asked during today’s quarterly investors call if Sony’s decision might create “a demand headwind,” because of the loss of the secondary market for PlayStation games.
“What we saw on the PC is that it helped to grow the market,” Guillemot said, presumably a reference to the explosive growth of Steam that drove a stake through the heart of physical PC game releases.
“There’s also some pressure for the future on the cost of machines, and being able to be only digital will help to have more accessible machines, I would say. There are pluses and minuses, but we think it will not disturb the industry too much.”