𝓝𝓲𝓶𝓫𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓼

Quick note: PSN is region-locked. If you move to a diferent region, you need to start a new account. PlayStation still does not allow account transfers from region to region or even between family members. Example: Father to Son. This is the "all digital" future, and it sucks!

Wanted to buy cyberpunk today, saw it still at $60 on the PS store, checked how much local retailers were selling the physical and found it for $30. At the end of the day, that’s all this is about. A monopoly only ensures every consumer loses.

Did more digging. It gets worse. I decided to compare, isolating the PS5 Platform as a comparison. How many more digital exclusive games are there? and does it correlate with the 85% number? There are, at this point in time, about 1,120 PRINTED PS5 games (give or take). We are going to assume, that all 1,120 of those games also have a digital counterpart. I went to the PSN store and simply clicked PS5 Platform and games. So this does not include DLC, MTX, etc. The total? 7,590 games. But what about free to play? Lets exclude those, this brings the total down to 7,451 games on the PSN store sorted specifically for the PS5. I want to note, this would be a COMPLETE PS5 library (thus far). So, simple Math 7,451 - 1,120 = 6,331. There are 6,331 MORE games on the PSN store than what's PHYSICALLY PRINTED For the PS5. That is 5.65x MORE games. These are all games that sell for 1 dollar, all the way up to your 100$+ digital special editions. If you Buy Final Fantasy Rebirth for 69.99 physically, go home, and buy "Quack McStuffins" for a dollar on PSN, those quantity of numbers are treated as equal. and it gets even funnier. Lets take that digital catalogue of 6,331 games and divide it by that complete library number (7,451) and turn it into a percentage. 6,331 divided by 7,451 = 84.96% Meaning? almost 85% of the PS5's available library is DIGITAL ONLY. Ironic how 85% of Playstation's sales are digital eh? So, what's happening here? "All digital" defenders are using False Equivalency, and an Availability bias to gaslight users into thinking that no one plays physical anymore and to "get with the times" in the digital era. Playstation themselves stated "This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs." But this logic is ONLY sound if you apply a False Equivalency. ALL OF THIS- Before we even take into account of the insomniac leaks back in 2022, which showed that 31 out of the 33 first party games sold MORE in Physical than Digital. And in recent memory, Astrobot selling around 55% physical vs Digital. So, why are they doing this? Because MONEY! Playstation makes WAY more money if you buy the game digitally vs Physically. So playstation is using the backing of convenience, Digital Incentives, indie/AA teams, Mini-Games, and yes, AI Slop, to validate jamming gamers who prefer Physical games with a hot poker into a 100% digital era.

Dont let news like this discourage you. Sony is banking on people feeling powerless in this situation (thats why these news stories are getting published while they stay silent) Just as quickly as they flipped the switch away from physical, they can switch it back towards physical (also this is only 1 of their factories) Hold the line, keep applying pressure. Sony needs YOU more than you need THEM. Even if Physical purchases are only 20% of the pie - thats a large enough slice to move the needle.

I'm talking to people - Sony is currently being inundated with emails and messages behind the scenes from smaller publishers and devs voicing their displeasure over the end of physical games. I'm actually kinda shocked just how much internal backlash there has been to this. Doubt it'll make a difference, this was apparently a decision made by the money men within the last two months, is 100% influenced by component costs & manufacturing (AI ruining everything again) They know nobody will buy a $1000+ PS6 They have calculated that the only way the PS6 makes business sense for them right now in terms of margins is to kill both the retail and resale market. Furthermore, they figure people are invested enough in the ecosystem that they're locked-in for life. They fully expected a huge backlash and took it into account, but they think the anger won't amount to much in terms of real financial losses and are willing to take the PR hit. Of the 15% of the current PlayStation audience that buy physical, they expect only 2-3% of people not to move over to fully-digital upon being forced. The money saved by getting rid of the retailer cut, and lost on the reseller market eclipses that 2-3% and makes up for their miniscule profit expected per PS6 sold. (they will not sell it at a loss, but are willing to only make as little as $50 per unit sold) The only way they'd ever reverse this decision is if the 2-3% of physical audience they expect to lose is instead around 8-10%+ As much as i'd love to see everyone come together and somehow force their hand with a mass boycott, I doubt it will happen. They have been wanting to kill physical since around 2020, the AI RAMpocalypse has forced their hand.

Mais vous croyez vraiment qu'ils vont poursuivre le partage de compte ? L'exemple de Netflix ne vous a pas suffit ? 🫠

This along with the Netflix tweet about sharing passwords will go down in history as moments when greed became a living breathing thing.

remember when not only you would get a disc but you’d also get a case with meaningful cover art along with a manual that taught you how to play (and often included fun additional lore tidbits) and hell sometimes they’d even throw in a poster for free just for fun

console wars ending with both sides committing suicide

No es solo que Playstation acabe de matar el formato físico sino que hace poco introdujeron los "precios dinámicos" en digital para que a cada jugador le salga un precio diferente cuando hay rebajas. Ahora sin juegos físicos lo van a controlar todo. Ahora todo tiene sentido.

It's 2029 You just bought a PS6 It cost 1200 dollars All games are digital They each cost 80 dollars You have 4 in your library Yesterday it was 5 but Sony removed one They offered no refund, its just gone You'd strangle yourself with the controller cord but its wireless

Without physical games: - Midnight launches are dead - Collectors Editions lose half of their value - You can’t share, trade, or sell your games - You can’t buy used games - If there’s a server outage, you’re shit out of luck - YOU OWN NOTHING

Le jeu qui avait le CD dans la boîte

En fait ce que je comprend pas c'est que pour les albums de musique personne ne remet en question leur existence, pareille pour les films en support physique, même les VYNILES ça existe encore. Mais quand on demande à garder un format physique de JV ça nous chie dessus.

je suis dehors, je me suis enfuie de table. je peux pas gérer. j’y arrive pas. je suis seule à pleurer dehors parce que putain TV Time va fermer et j’ai l’impression de crever

this must be how John Wick felt when they killed his dog

Prenez Macron rendez nous Valko!!!!!!!!

He would not fucking say that

Je vous jure je ne comprends pas pourquoi TOUS LES ANS les gens se ruent sur les ventilateurs (ils les jettent d'une année sur l'autre ou quoi ?) au point de créer une pénurie et pourquoi TOUS LES ANS les supermarchés ont des stocks ridiculement bas.