Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

• Phelpssan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This also likely affect prices for games.

  No resell/used option is significant, but I have no doubt that digital sales will become less frequent when there’s no risk of Amazon or Target selling the physical copies with a discount.

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think it will depend on the studio. Not every studio is going to take the Nintendo approach.

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• NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s more like the removal of alternative option of purchase and true ownership.

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I understand the argument you’re making. What I’m saying is that those who care about your argument are likely in a tiny minority of current players as most would have already left the market by now due to other actions made by console companies.

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    • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Fine, it won’t be as much as 30% (that was an hyperbolic bad joke anyway), but there will be an effect in the market, as there isn’t any real good reason to have a console over a PC. If everything is Digital, you’re better off having a Steam library.

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      • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yeah, but we’re already at a point of subscription multiplayer, significant DLC, and major patching already. There may be a market still for discs, but physical rental is mostly dead.

        We’re already at a point where the physical space to sell media in stores has shrunk substantially over the past decade. We just might be at a point where it is small enough to no longer be worth supporting it.

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