[STEAM] The PlayStation game disc was dying long before Sony pulled the plug

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Many gamers have been lamenting Sony's

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in 2028. However, new data revealed by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella highlights how years of stark economic trends helped lead Sony to that decision.

In

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, Piscatella shared insights into Circana's tracking data on physical game sales in the US dating back to 2003.

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shows physical sales peaking in the 12 months ending June 2009, when 297 million units were sold across the US. Those physical unit sales have been on a steady downward trajectory since then, leading to just 37 million physical units selling in the US in the last 12 months.

The newly revealed data follows on

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highlighting that only seven PlayStation games had sold over 100,000 physical units so far in 2026. Today, Piscatella

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showing how this baseline used to be common; 100 PlayStation games sold at least 100,000 physical units in 2008. The ceiling for physical PlayStation game sales isn't all that impressive these days either; Piscatella shared that the top-selling physical PlayStation game has only sold a paltry 275,000 units in the US so far this year.

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