Sony regularly releases promotional videos for its PS5. The Japanese manufacturer released a new one this week, simply titled It Happens On PS5.

The video in question is fairly run-of-the-mill, as it highlights several upcoming games such as Marvel’s Wolverine, God of War: Laufey, and GTA VI. However, this ad has one distinctive feature…

At the end of the video, only the PS5 without a disc drive is shown. In October 2024, the ad titled The Best Time To Play Is Now still featured the PS5 with its disc drive. This was also the case for It’s Time to Play in September 2024 and Play Like Never Before in November 2022. The 2025 promotional campaign, also titled It Happens On PS5, also retained the disc drive.

PlayStation likely made this decision to lay the groundwork for the phase-out of physical discs scheduled for January 2028. The comments under the new clip make this clear, as there is still plenty of criticism on the subject.