About this episode

The episode discusses Sony's announcement that new PlayStation games will no longer be released on discs starting January 2028.

New PlayStation games will no longer be released on discs from January 2028, the gaming giant has announced. It’s owner Sony said that games will still be able to be bought in shops, but they would come with a digital code. There has been criticism of the announcement from some gamers online. But Sony says it has to adapt to consumer trends and a growing preference for digital downloads over physical discs. Learn English from the headlines about this story with Pippa and Georgie. For a worksheet for this episode head to https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260729 Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest programmes https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599

People in this episode

Hosts: Pippa, Georgie

Topics covered

• gaming
• digital downloads
• consumer trends
• PlayStation
• discs
• news

Keywords

• PlayStation
• Sony
• digital downloads
• gaming news
• consumer trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony

Products: PlayStation

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