Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day
Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day
索尼宣布停止生产 PlayStation 光盘，并于同日关闭部分数字商店
Some gamers are concerned about the future of game ownership after Sony’s announcement today that it won’t produce physical discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028. On that date, “new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only,” Sony said in a blog post.
在索尼今天宣布自 2028 年 1 月起将不再生产 PlayStation 游戏物理光盘后，一些玩家对游戏所有权的未来感到担忧。索尼在博客文章中表示，从该日期起，“新游戏将仅以数字格式在 PlayStation Store 和零售商处提供。”
Ditching discs is “a natural direction” for Sony “to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs,” the post said. During Sony’s fiscal year ending on March 31, 2026, digital downloads accounted for 78 percent of full-game unit purchases, up from 76 percent in fiscal 2024.
文章称，放弃光盘是索尼“适应消费趋势的自然方向，因为大众对数字媒体的偏好已显著超过物理光盘”。在截至 2026 年 3 月 31 日的索尼财年中，数字下载占完整游戏购买量的 78%，高于 2024 财年的 76%。
“We’ll continue to prioritize our resources to drive innovation in how players can access games and provide choices as to where players prefer to purchase new games, whether that’s at retailers or PlayStation Store,” the blog said. No companies other than Sony subsidiary Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation make PlayStation discs, so today’s announcement signals the end of physical copies of PlayStation games and marks Sony’s evolution toward a licensing-only sales model.
博客写道：“我们将继续优先配置资源，推动玩家获取游戏方式的创新，并为玩家提供购买新游戏的选择，无论是通过零售商还是 PlayStation Store。”除了索尼子公司索尼数字音频光盘公司（Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation）外，没有其他公司生产 PlayStation 光盘，因此今天的公告标志着 PlayStation 实体游戏的终结，也标志着索尼向纯授权销售模式的演变。
You don’t own digital copies
你并不拥有数字副本
Digital copies of games can make it easier to quickly acquire and play games, receive updates, own many games without needing much physical space, and can help reduce waste. The gaming industry has already mostly moved to this model. However, buying a digital download is not the same as owning a game.
数字版游戏可以更轻松地快速获取和游玩、接收更新、在无需大量物理空间的情况下拥有多款游戏，并有助于减少浪费。游戏行业已基本转向这种模式。然而，购买数字下载版并不等同于拥有游戏。
Per PlayStation’s terms of service: When you order or purchase a product from PlayStation Store, you buy a personal license to use that product for private, non-commercial use. That license is not transferable unless your local applicable laws say it must be. This means you can use a product in the ways described in the license, but do not own the product.
根据 PlayStation 的服务条款：当您从 PlayStation Store 订购或购买产品时，您购买的是用于私人、非商业用途的个人使用许可。除非当地适用法律另有规定，否则该许可不可转让。这意味着您可以在许可描述的范围内使用产品，但并不拥有该产品。
Gaming companies rarely delete previously purchased games from customers’ libraries, but it is possible. In 2013, Valve pulled copies of Order of War: Challenger from customers’ libraries after the game’s servers shut down, rendering those copies useless. It would be shocking and unpopular for Sony to remove purchased games from gamers’ digital libraries, but considering that you “do not own the product,” as Sony puts it, the risk remains.
游戏公司很少从客户库中删除已购买的游戏，但这并非不可能。2013 年，在《战争命令：挑战者》（Order of War: Challenger）服务器关闭后，Valve 从客户库中删除了该游戏的副本，导致这些副本失效。如果索尼从玩家的数字库中删除已购买的游戏，那将令人震惊且不得人心，但考虑到正如索尼所言，你“并不拥有该产品”，这种风险依然存在。
Furthering this concern, Sony also announced today that it will close the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, with the US losing access in July 2027. Although the number of gamers relying on those stores is declining, it remains notable that Sony shied from committing to making previously purchased PlayStation 3 and PS Vita games downloadable for customers’ lifetime.
加剧这一担忧的是，索尼今天还宣布将关闭 PlayStation 3 和 PS Vita 上的 PlayStation Store，美国地区将于 2027 年 7 月失去访问权限。尽管依赖这些商店的玩家数量正在减少，但值得注意的是，索尼并未承诺让客户能够终身下载已购买的 PlayStation 3 和 PS Vita 游戏。
“To ease the transition, players will still be able to download previously purchased content after the closing date for the foreseeable future,” Sony said. Both blog posts have comments decrying Sony’s announcements and their implications for ownership and long-term access to PlayStation games.
索尼表示：“为了缓解过渡，在可预见的未来，玩家在关闭日期之后仍能下载之前购买的内容。”两篇博客文章下都有评论谴责索尼的公告，以及这些公告对所有权和 PlayStation 游戏长期访问权限的影响。
One user going by Mosquito53, for example, commented: Another disappointing decision made in the same day. No matter how many users still use these stores, they should remain open. So much content released digital-only, even on these platforms, these games will be lost to time. Imagine what will happen in the future when this same decision is made for PS4 or PS5 or even the eventual PS6, which now looks to be all digital with the announcement of no more physical disc production. We will own nothing, it’s truly sad.
例如，一位名为 Mosquito53 的用户评论道：同一天又做出了一个令人失望的决定。无论还有多少用户在使用这些商店，它们都应该保持开放。如此多的内容仅以数字形式发布，即使在这些平台上，这些游戏也将随时间流逝而消失。想象一下，当未来对 PS4、PS5 甚至最终的 PS6 做出同样的决定时会发生什么——随着不再生产物理光盘的公告，PS6 看起来将是全数字化的。我们将一无所有，这真的很可悲。
Sony has repeatedly reminded PlayStation customers that digital libraries can be temporary. In September, users in the United Kingdom will lose access to previously purchased titles from movie and show production and distribution company StudioCanal. Sony previously pulled StudioCanal content from customers’ PlayStation libraries in Germany and Australia. And in 2024, Sony deleted customers’ Funimation digital libraries despite Funimation previously claiming that customers would be able to access these digital copies “forever but” with “some restrictions.”
索尼一再提醒 PlayStation 客户，数字库可能是暂时的。9 月，英国用户将失去对电影和节目制作发行公司 StudioCanal 此前购买的影片的访问权限。索尼此前已从德国和澳大利亚客户的 PlayStation 库中删除了 StudioCanal 的内容。2024 年，尽管 Funimation 此前声称客户能够“永久”访问这些数字副本（但带有“某些限制”），索尼还是删除了客户的 Funimation 数字库。
Sony has also shown a wavering commitment to its digital stores. In 2021, it stopped selling movie and show rentals/purchases. Leaving the door ajar for customers to potentially lose access to digital games they bought for PlayStation 3 or PS Vita doesn’t boost confidence around the digital-only future.
索尼对其数字商店的承诺也表现得摇摆不定。2021 年，它停止了电影和节目的租赁/购买服务。为客户可能失去对 PlayStation 3 或 PS Vita 购买的数字游戏的访问权限留下了后门，这并不能增强人们对全数字未来的信心。
Further, the removal of storefronts could mean beloved games released only digitally become virtually impossible to find. We’ve seen this happen with Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games. After those digital storefronts closed in 2023, the number of Game Boy games released during Game Boy’s lifetime that were still available dropped from 155 out of 1,873 to 25, according to a 2023 report from the Video Game History Foundation.
此外，关闭商店可能意味着那些仅以数字形式发行的热门游戏将变得几乎无法找到。我们已经在任天堂 3DS 和 Wii U 游戏上看到了这种情况。根据电子游戏历史基金会（Video Game History Foundation）2023 年的一份报告，在这些数字商店于 2023 年关闭后，Game Boy 生命周期内发行的游戏在当时仍可获取的数量从 1,873 款中的 155 款下降到了 25 款。
“This is why physical media matters,” a user named Radgatt commented on Sony’s PS3 and PS Vita announcement. “More and more proof that you’re just buying a license that can be taken away whenever companies feel like it.”
“这就是为什么物理介质很重要，”一位名为 Radgatt 的用户在索尼关于 PS3 和 PS Vita 的公告下评论道。“越来越多的证据表明，你只是在购买一个许可，而公司随时可以收回它。”