Sony has stopped shipping the UBP-X700/K in Japan, its final standalone 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray participant in the country. Shipments ended on October 22, and according to Sony retailer Kunkoku, the remaining inventory on Sony's Japanese shop sold out nearly immediately. There's no term on a successor. That leaves the disc-equipped PlayStation 5 as the lone Sony merchandise in Japan that can motionless perform 4K Blu-ray movies. The UBP-X700/K lone launched on May 17, 2025, as a cut-down type of the 2018 UBP-X700 without streaming apps, and it was final listed at ¥58,300. Sony volition keep marketing the BDP-S1700/K, although that one lone handles regular Blu-ray discs.
The PS5 is not a ideal stand-in for residence theater enthusiasts either. It handles 4K Blu-ray alongside HDR10, but it lacks Dolby Vision support, which the UBP-X700/K offered. Sony has additionally announced that new PlayStation games volition stop shipping on disc from January 2028, and it hasn't confirmed whether the PS6 volition equal have a disc drive, notwithstanding an earlier study of a detachable one. If it doesn't, the PS5 becomes Sony's final disc player, and alongside a successor on the way, its days are numbered too. Sony already announced in February that it would phase out all of its Blu-ray recorders in Japan alongside no successors, so this was slightly expected. For now, the participant exit seems to be constricted to Japan, as Sony's US shop motionless lists the UBP-X700U. However, it's difficult to see the standalone participant sticking about for lengthy elsewhere if Sony is winding downward its disc endeavor at home.
