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Sony to End Disc Production; GameStop Launches UberEats Delivery

7/17/2026

Summary

Sony Halts Discs

Sony's PlayStation will stop producing physical discs for games released after January 2028.
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen said physical game sales are “totally irrelevant” and the digital shift will not hurt the retailer.
GameStop partnered with UberEats for same-day delivery of games and collectibles, adding extra fees and limiting the service to customers near a GameStop store.
GameStop said the UberEats option will not alter its existing nationwide game-shipping service.

Summary

GameStop Cuts Stores

GameStop reduced its footprint from 2,325 stores at the start of 2025 to a loss of 590 locations by year-end.
The retailer kept cutting stores into 2026 as part of a broader cost-reduction program.
After exiting crypto in August 2023, GameStop also shuttered its short-lived NFT marketplace months later.
CEO Ryan Cohen said acquiring eBay would aid a collectibles shift and proposed using stores for authentication linked to an in-game marketplace.

History

Historical Context

Valve launched Steam in September 2003 to deliver automatic updates and soon expanded to third-party titles, eventually commanding roughly 75% of the PC digital distribution market by 2013. That shift forced traditional retailers such as GameStop to deem physical discs obsolete, prompting CEO Ryan Cohen’s 2024 store-closure plan and partnership with UberEats to pivot toward e-commerce.

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Sony Halts Discs

Sony's PlayStation will stop producing physical discs for games released after January 2028.
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen said physical game sales are “totally irrelevant” and the digital shift will not hurt the retailer.
GameStop partnered with UberEats for same-day delivery of games and collectibles, adding extra fees and limiting the service to customers near a GameStop store.
GameStop said the UberEats option will not alter its existing nationwide game-shipping service.

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