Tag: Physical Releases
News SEGA & Ubisoft Leaders Share Their Thoughts On The Future Of Physical Games
"We are currently considering the important elements of digital media..."
We're still waiting to hear from Xbox on what their plans are for supporting physical games in the future, as we already know that PlayStation will be ditching them (at least in disc form) from January 2028. Interestingly, both the SEGA President and Ubisoft CEO were asked...
News Physical Sales Graph For The Past 20 Years Highlights Just How Much Gaming Has Changed
It's a pretty depressing pattern
There's been a lot of pressure on Xbox to continue supporting physical games following PlayStation's decision to pull out of them from 2028 onwards, but we also know that physical sales have suffered on Xbox for a long time. Indeed, they've suffered across multiple platforms for a long time, as evidenced by a...
News Video Game Retailer Urges Xbox To 'Stand Behind Consumer Choice' By Supporting Physical
They've shared an open letter to the Xbox CEO
There's been a lot of talk over the past couple of weeks about PlayStation's decision to stop releasing physical games in 2028 and whether Xbox might go down the same path, and at the moment it seems they're undecided. In the meantime, we've come across an open letter from "North America's premier...
Poll Which Xbox Console Have You Collected The Most Physical Games For?
It's the Xbox 360 for us
One of the big talking points this week has been Sony's decision to cease disc-based releases for PlayStation consoles as of January 2028, and we're still waiting to hear whether Xbox will do the same thing for Project Helix (although apparently a
News Halo Studios Makes A Point Of Highlighting 'Physical Discs' For Campaign Evolved
But the box suggests it requires a content download as well
The big topic this week has centred around PlayStation dropping support for physical discs as of 2028, and Halo Studios has made a point of highlighting that Halo: Campaign Evolved will get a disc when it releases this month. This was referenced as part of a new Q&A on the Halo Waypoint...
Does it make sense business-wise though?
There's definitely some disgruntlement going on in the world of PlayStation right now. As mentioned by our friends at Push Square, "many" online petitions have been created in response to Sony's decision to ditch physical disc-based games as of 2028, and it's also spurred on an interesting reaction from Xbox...
Report Xbox Disc-To-Digital Feature Will Allow You To Digitise Your Physical Collection
But only for Xbox One and Xbox Series X titles
Back in May, we highlighted a rumour from Windows Central about a potential disc-to-digital feature being implemented by Xbox in which you'd be able to receive digital entitlements for your physical games. The outlet said at the time that it was very unsure on t
News As PlayStation Announces The End Of Disc-Based Releases, Will Xbox Follow Suit?
"This is a natural direction"
We've had some bombshell news over in the world of PlayStation today, as Sony has announced that as of January 2028, physical games on that platform will no longer release with a disc. The company says this is a "natural direction" for the way the industry is going, and that the "general preference for digital media...
News 'We Don't Want It At All' - Playasia Hates The Idea Of An Xbox Disc-To-Digital Program
Is it in the works? Who knows...
If we go back to last week, you may recall that we highlighted a "pinch of salt" rumour that Xbox might be working on some kind of disc-to-digital program to compensate for the next-gen Project Helix console being a "fully digital" system. It was insisted at the time that the details were "incredibly scant right...
News Xbox Appears To Be Experimenting With New Labels For Physical Games
"Game Disc" has started appearing on some of them
Earlier today, we came across a story from the folks over at Twisted Voxel about how Xbox appeared to be changing its physical game box designs, based on someone who initially pointed it out over on ResetEra. We've looked into this a bit further, and it does seem to be partially
News Xbox Has Begun Licensing Old Games For Physical Cartridges, And More Are Coming In 2026
Two have arrived so far, with others already confirmed
To kick off the new year, I recently got into the Evercade ecosystem by purchasing an Evercade Alpha bartop arcade, and although I was aware of Evercade and how the company licenses retro games to re-release on physical cartridges, it hadn't dawned on me that Xbox is now essentially part of it...
News Xbox Developer Shares Insight Into Why Physical Releases Are 'Complex'
Despite a lack of minimum order quantity
There's been an interesting report that's come out this week about Xbox and physical releases, with Gamer Social Club receiving a statement from Xbox that there's no minimum order quantity for disc-based titles on the platform anymore. "Xbox has no minimum order quantity for physical media. Retailers,...
News Physical Game Sales 'Collapsed' In The UK Last Year, Says New Report
"The games market is expected to improve in 2025"
In what sure feels like another dagger to the heart of physical game fans, the UK market seems to have had a pretty rough year when it comes to physical game sales. According to Chris Dring over at VGC, demand for discs and cartridges "collapsed" in 2024 - with physical game sales dropping by a...
News Croc Developer Insists There's 'Almost No Demand' For A Physical Xbox Version
"This is the solution we came up with"
Back in late October, we reported that the upcoming Croc remaster would be skipping a physical version on Xbox, and the publisher has been discussing this with some disgruntled fans on social media over the past few days. The situation is that the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions of Croc will be...
News Xbox Appears To Be Changing The Box Art For New Physical Releases
Liking the look of this?
Today, we brought you the news that Kena: Bridge of Spirits is making the jump from PlayStation to Xbox this August, and a first glance at the physical version reveals that Xbox is going with a different box art design for its release. As you can see in the image below, the Xbox logo remains in the top-left corner with a...
Poll How Many Physical Xbox Games Do You Have In Your Collection?
A few? Hundreds? Maybe none at all?
There's been a lot of talk over the past few days about the future of physical Xbox games, especially since it was reported that Microsoft had "shut down" some departments related to bringing physical Xbox games to market. As things stand, there's no suggestion that physical Xbox games are going away anytime...
News Xbox's Physical Games Departments Reportedly Affected By Microsoft Layoffs
"It does seem to be the industry trajectory"
Following the reveal of 1,900 job losses across various Xbox teams earlier today, more news continues to trickle in about exactly which teams have been affected, and some of them are apparently focused around physical games. According to Windows Central's Jez Corden, Microsoft has "shut down departments"...
News Best Buy Will Reportedly Stop Selling Physical Media Next Year
Update: Don't worry, it won't include games!
Update: Best Buy has since confirmed that physical movies and TV shows will be affected, but fortunately video games won't be! The company will continue to sell games, as revealed in a statement to Variety earlier today. Original story: With the advent of digital-only home consoles like the Xbox...
