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The 85% stat isn’t a lie - it’s in their own financials that they release to shareholders, and they’re actually one of publishers with the least digital uptake. Xbox, Ubisoft, EA, etc all also release these figures and they’re higher.

Physical media is not making a resurgence. It’s getting lower and lower every single year.

Sony will not abandon this plan because they have no reason to. It won’t affect their sales at all.

Also we don’t know how this will affect retail yet, that all depends on if they allow retailers to sell below the PS Store prices.

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shinratdr@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I didn’t say it was a lie, I said I think it’s inflated the way I already explained. Also, the fact that they are lower than other publishers indicates they will see a bigger impact from this than others.

Physical media is making a resurgence in other areas. Vinyl, DVD, 4K BluRay. Not a big one, but it’s on a backswing. I’m not doubting video games are lower every year because they are still in their initial era.

We’ll just have to agree to disagree on the impact. I think the knock-on effect will be bigger than they anticipate. Obviously they agree with you that it won’t impact anything. I think it will, for all the reasons I just went over. It’s not a 1:1 relationship between sale and impact. When people don’t have the console because it doesn’t attract them, they can’t make any sales. So they won’t lose one sale from me, they’ll lose the console sale and dozens of physical and digital games.

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- GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s not inflated. They’re not counting PS Plus downloads or anything else, unless you’re accusing them of lying to shareholders and breaking many laws.
  
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