Thanks for sharing the link, it’s good to see some more recent data. The 3% is tough to swallow as someone who likes to buy games day 1 and sell them later. From their perspective, it’s understandable they want to kill this, and focus on the higher margin digital segment. Still, I’m not going to applaud a giant corporation when they do something that benefits them but not the customers.
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 6 days ago
The crazy thing is, all gaming sales are dropping and I think they're really trying to keep profits up with sales declining by forcing people like you and I who buy physical media to go digital. Forcing people to go digital means they can eliminate manufacturing of physical media, but it also means they can eliminate the resale market and sale market when physical stores want to liquidate old stock to receive new stock. That and the subscription model are a win for them to the detriment of consumers.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yes, the used market is huge, and they are not profiting from it.
The whole this is just so sad. And I cannot even begin to think about the impact on the retailers. I trade a lot with a few small stores, without discs they’ll surely have to close, and people will lose their jobs.