{"id":2059875,"date":"2026-07-24T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2059875"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:13:40","slug":"ubisoft-boss-yves-guillemot-doesnt-believe-playstation-ditching-physical-discs-will-disturb-the-industry-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2059875","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot doesn&#8217;t believe PlayStation ditching physical discs will &#8220;disturb&#8221; the industry much"},"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\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot doesn&#8217;t believe PlayStation ditching physical discs will &#8220;disturb&#8221; the industry much<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Splintered sales.<\/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\/watch-dogs-legion_qQHG7BM.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"watch-dogs-legion_qQHG7BM.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/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=\"2026-07-24T12:13:40+00:00\">July 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-ceo-playstation-disc-wont-disturb-industry?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          10 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=\"7bfe1fe9-86cc-4aad-81c5-82a6f2cbce07\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" title=\"Follow Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<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>Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has chimed in on the debate surrounding Sony&#8217;s planned shift away from physical disc production, stating he doesn&#8217;t think it will &#8220;disturb&#8221; the industry too much.<\/p>\n<p>Guillemot was prompted to speak on the topic in a recent Ubisoft financial call that also saw the company reveal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-sales-exceed-annual-expectations\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced has already sold over 3.5m copies<\/a>. Specifically, he was asked if he was worried that Sony&#8217;s decision would have any direct or indirect effects on the games industry.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Beyond Good and Evil 2 Cinematic Trailer - E3 2018\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onz2Qvad9Qg?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\/onz2Qvad9Qg\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Beyond Good and Evil 2 Cinematic Trailer &#8211; E3 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s hoping I can get Beyond Good and Evil 2 on a disc, or at all.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=onz2Qvad9Qg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guillemot responded (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/ubisoft-ceo-says-ditching-physical-games-helped-pc-gaming-and-playstation-ending-discs-wont-disturb-the-industry-much-anyway\/\">thanks Games Radar<\/a>), &#8220;What we saw on the PC is that it helped to grow the market. There&#8217;s also some pressure for the future on the cost of machines, and being able to be only digital will help to have a more accessible machine, I would say [&#8230;] there are pluses and minuses. But we think it will not disturb, too much, the industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recent data shows more purchases than ever are digital. Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-playstation-first-party-sales-decline\">Sony financial reports<\/a> have shown the vast majority of games sales are digital, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/93-percent-of-capcoms-game-sales-are-digital-and-the-company-expects-that-number-to-grow-2000695728\">93 percent of Capcom&#8217;s sales were digital<\/a> this past year, and it&#8217;s expected that figure will grow This is especially true on PC, which is now almost exclusively digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-blasts-past-42-million-concurrent-users-as-its-sustained-growth-continues\">thanks in large part to the success of storefronts like Steam<\/a>. Even so,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-shift-to-digital-physical-game-retailers-expert\">millions of physical copies are still bought every year<\/a>. So while Sony&#8217;s shift might not disturb the current trajectory of the industry, especially with big games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-physical-no-disc-experts\">like GTA 6 also going discless<\/a>, there will likely be <em>some<\/em> effect.<\/p>\n<p>Yves&#8217; point on console costs may have merit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/has-the-cost-of-living-crisis-affected-how-you-buy-and-play-games\">Hardware &#8211; even old hardware &#8211; is getting more expensive every year<\/a>, and if upcoming consoles can launch without a disc drive could lower the price of what&#8217;s looking to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ps6-hardware-significant-loss\">an exceptionally costly generation<\/a>, that may be a good thing overall. However, one would imagine that a console without a disc drive would require more memory, which is certainly not cheap these days.<\/p>\n<p>So there&#8217;s Guillemot&#8217;s perspective! But the topic remains a controversial one, and it&#8217;s prompted numerous industry figureheads to wade into the debate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hideo-kojima-physical-media-really-sad\">Hideo Kojima is &#8220;sad&#8221; about Sony&#8217;s decision<\/a>, for instance, while Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-physical-media-hardware-disgaea-creator\">Sony might as well ditch its consoles while it&#8217;s at it<\/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>Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has chimed in on the debate surrounding Sony&#8217;s planned shift away from physical disc production, stating he doesn&#8217;t think it will &#8220;disturb&#8221; the industry too much.<\/p>\n<p>Guillemot was prompted to speak on the topic in a recent Ubisoft financial call that also saw the company reveal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-sales-exceed-annual-expectations\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced has already sold over 3.5m copies<\/a>. Specifically, he was asked if he was worried that Sony&#8217;s decision would have any direct or indirect effects on the games industry.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Beyond Good and Evil 2 Cinematic Trailer - E3 2018\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onz2Qvad9Qg?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\/onz2Qvad9Qg\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Beyond Good and Evil 2 Cinematic Trailer &#8211; E3 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s hoping I can get Beyond Good and Evil 2 on a disc, or at all.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=onz2Qvad9Qg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guillemot responded (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/ubisoft-ceo-says-ditching-physical-games-helped-pc-gaming-and-playstation-ending-discs-wont-disturb-the-industry-much-anyway\/\">thanks Games Radar<\/a>), &#8220;What we saw on the PC is that it helped to grow the market. There&#8217;s also some pressure for the future on the cost of machines, and being able to be only digital will help to have a more accessible machine, I would say [&#8230;] there are pluses and minuses. But we think it will not disturb, too much, the industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recent data shows more purchases than ever are digital. Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-playstation-first-party-sales-decline\">Sony financial reports<\/a> have shown the vast majority of games sales are digital, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/93-percent-of-capcoms-game-sales-are-digital-and-the-company-expects-that-number-to-grow-2000695728\">93 percent of Capcom&#8217;s sales were digital<\/a> this past year, and it&#8217;s expected that figure will grow This is especially true on PC, which is now almost exclusively digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-blasts-past-42-million-concurrent-users-as-its-sustained-growth-continues\">thanks in large part to the success of storefronts like Steam<\/a>. Even so,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-shift-to-digital-physical-game-retailers-expert\">millions of physical copies are still bought every year<\/a>. So while Sony&#8217;s shift might not disturb the current trajectory of the industry, especially with big games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-physical-no-disc-experts\">like GTA 6 also going discless<\/a>, there will likely be <em>some<\/em> effect.<\/p>\n<p>Yves&#8217; point on console costs may have merit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/has-the-cost-of-living-crisis-affected-how-you-buy-and-play-games\">Hardware &#8211; even old hardware &#8211; is getting more expensive every year<\/a>, and if upcoming consoles can launch without a disc drive could lower the price of what&#8217;s looking to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ps6-hardware-significant-loss\">an exceptionally costly generation<\/a>, that may be a good thing overall. However, one would imagine that a console without a disc drive would require more memory, which is certainly not cheap these days.<\/p>\n<p>So there&#8217;s Guillemot&#8217;s perspective! 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