'Father of the PlayStation' Ken Kutaragi sides with Sony on the physical discs debate

The debate about Sony's plan to stop making physical PS5 discs has raged since this summer.

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Ken Kutaragi, the engineer who led Sony's development of the original PlayStation, PS2 and PS3, says he understands why players are angry about Sony ending disc production, but doesn't think keeping discs around is economically reasonable.