{"id":2028915,"date":"2026-07-06T08:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2028915"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:56:28","slug":"death-stranding-director-hideo-kojima-really-sad-about-sony-ending-physical-disc-production-and-says-lack-of-media-ownership-has-frightening-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2028915","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima &#8220;really sad&#8221; about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has &#8220;frightening&#8221; possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/death-stranding-2\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Death Stranding 2: On The Beach<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima &#8220;really sad&#8221; about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has &#8220;frightening&#8221; possibilities<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">ODear.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/death-stranding-2-sam-with-hood-up.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"death stranding 2 sam with hood up\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"death-stranding-2-sam-with-hood-up.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Kojima Productions<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-06T08:56:28+00:00\">July 6, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-physical-media-really-sad?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          6 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"eeb566e4-a4e7-41c6-99ba-6f223079863a\" data-name=\"Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\" title=\"Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach\"><br \/>\n  Follow Death Stranding 2: On The Beach<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a> has spoken about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">Sony&#8217;s cessation of physical video game disc production<\/a>, with the director behind Death Stranding expressing that the news made him feel &#8220;really sad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Italy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1JTTNfttPKk\">Il Cinema in Piazza festival<\/a>, the renowned video game maker spoke about last week&#8217;s dramatic news, explaining norms around cloud streaming and the potential problems it enables due to the consumer&#8217;s lack of access and ownership.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Official PC Release Date Trailer | State of Play 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M2fDdeoVApc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M2fDdeoVApc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Death Stranding 2: On the Beach &#8211; Official PC Release Date Trailer | State of Play 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the PC release trailer for Death Stranding 2.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M2fDdeoVApc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;[Games] are downloaded to the hard drive, that means the game data remains on your own hardware,&#8221; Kojima said (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Genki_JPN\/status\/2073650081987756252\">translated by Genki on X<\/a>). &#8220;However, if things shift to streaming in the future, that won&#8217;t be the case anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kojima goes on to reference subscription services like Netflix and Amazon, saying users can &#8220;turn [on] the tap&#8221; to access whatever films or movies they want at the cost of possessing the data for said media. He then moves on to the potential risks of this business model which could prohibit a user&#8217;s access to media in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, with nations, politics and various ways of thinking, one naturally has to consider the possibility that if there is a change, the data inside will stop being distributed,&#8221; Kojima says. &#8220;And if that happens you won&#8217;t be able to watch or play the movies and games you like. That is what is frightening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, what is happening to video games in 2028, might also happen to movies. I&#8217;d like everyone to keep that in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since Sony revealed it will end the production of physical game discs starting January 2028, the company has assured developers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-will-print-discs-after-2028-catch\">discs for can still be ordered as long as they are released prior to that cut-off date<\/a>. It has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-limits-attachable-disc-drive-sales\">limited purchases of external disc drives to one-per-order<\/a> as demand surges, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-playstation-disc-factory-repurposed\">lone factory that produced PlayStation discs has already started its transition to a microfilm production line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/hideo-kojima\">Hideo Kojima<\/a> has spoken about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">Sony&#8217;s cessation of physical video game disc production<\/a>, with the director behind Death Stranding expressing that the news made him feel &#8220;really sad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Italy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1JTTNfttPKk\">Il Cinema in Piazza festival<\/a>, the renowned video game maker spoke about last week&#8217;s dramatic news, explaining norms around cloud streaming and the potential problems it enables due to the consumer&#8217;s lack of access and ownership.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Official PC Release Date Trailer | State of Play 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M2fDdeoVApc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/M2fDdeoVApc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Death Stranding 2: On the Beach &#8211; Official PC Release Date Trailer | State of Play 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the PC release trailer for Death Stranding 2.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M2fDdeoVApc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;[Games] are downloaded to the hard drive, that means the game data remains on your own hardware,&#8221; Kojima said (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Genki_JPN\/status\/2073650081987756252\">translated by Genki on X<\/a>). &#8220;However, if things shift to streaming in the future, that won&#8217;t be the case anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kojima goes on to reference subscription services like Netflix and Amazon, saying users can &#8220;turn [on] the tap&#8221; to access whatever films or movies they want at the cost of possessing the data for said media. He then moves on to the potential risks of this business model which could prohibit a user&#8217;s access to media in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, with nations, politics and various ways of thinking, one naturally has to consider the possibility that if there is a change, the data inside will stop being distributed,&#8221; Kojima says. &#8220;And if that happens you won&#8217;t be able to watch or play the movies and games you like. That is what is frightening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, what is happening to video games in 2028, might also happen to movies. I&#8217;d like everyone to keep that in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since Sony revealed it will end the production of physical game discs starting January 2028, the company has assured developers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-will-print-discs-after-2028-catch\">discs for can still be ordered as long as they are released prior to that cut-off date<\/a>. It has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-limits-attachable-disc-drive-sales\">limited purchases of external disc drives to one-per-order<\/a> as demand surges, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-playstation-disc-factory-repurposed\">lone factory that produced PlayStation discs has already started its transition to a microfilm production line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima &#8220;really sad&#8221; about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has &#8220;frightening&#8221; possibilities ODear. 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