Shuhei Yoshida Shares How Ken Kutaragi Came Up With The Name PlayStation

ps5 was the last disc console. I’m 95% confident in that. the ps6 will have an optional drive you can buy for more money on top of the console. Sony wins either way. Thats two products to sell, each with their own respective markup. even if you consider that consoles are usually sold for a loss at launch, not having a disc drive would reduce the loss. it would be a missed opportunity from a business perspective if they didn’t do that. They could produce the console for cheaper, and make more money.

also, physical disc sales are plummeting. Sony offered its (then) next gen ps5 with a disc-less option to warm you up. then the next flagship console, the ps5 pro had no disc drive but an option to buy an external one. Based on these facts, I am absolutely confident the ps6 will NOT have a disc drive.