Hardware & Buying Guides

A digital law specialist says the disc never made you an owner either. He is right. It is also the weakest argument for not caring, and here is exactly why.

Disc-based PS5 consoles are shipping with a multilingual notice about the January 2028 cutoff printed on the packaging. It is the clearest signal yet that Sony is not reconsidering.

Three separate stories, one date. Disc manufacturing ends January 2028. Analysts put the PS6 at late 2028. Sony says memory stays expensive through FY2027. Put them together and the disc decision reads very differently.

For most people, no — a PS5 plays the PS4 library. But there is one specific reason to own both, and it is worth hundreds of trophies.

A PS5 launched at $499.99. It now costs $649.99, after two increases in under a year. Here is what happened, why it happened, and what it means for when you should buy.

The Edge costs nearly three times a standard DualSense. It solves two genuine problems and introduces one that catches people out.