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'Marvel’s Wolverine' Sales Figure Proves There’s Still a Huge Market for Discs
polygon.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 6 days ago
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Opinion - ‘Sony’s consultation on physical media: better late than never’ - Belatedly asking partners for their views on the discontinuation of physical media suggests that Sony is finally realising how consequential that decision actually is
gamesindustry.bizu/Rich-Arm-104 — 11 days ago
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"It's sad and devastating" – Black Myth: Wukong's physical publisher is mourning the loss of PlayStation discs
gamesindustry.bizu/Rich-Arm-104 — 23 days ago
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 earned 35% of its $1.2 billion on disc, analyst says, but PlayStation is more interested in "control" of the market - "The disc decision was largely about margins, control, and killing the secondhand market"
gamesradar.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 1 month ago
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Former PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden calls the shift away from discs “depressing” - “I see a lot of companies making decisions which, objectively speaking, I don’t know what the dollar end of that was for you, Mr. Company, but your brand value just dropped 30 percent. So I hope it was worth it,”
levelup.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 1 month ago
Sony clarifies PlayStation disc production is dropping by 10 percent in 2028, not to 10 percent
eurogamer.netu/Rich-Arm-104 — 1 month ago
▲ 3.1k r/PS5
Digital Foundry - John Linneman says he has spoken to a lot of devs and publishers at Gamescom and they are “very upset” at Sony for killing discs. “There seems to be a lot of resentment for what Sony has done and what they’re doing.”
22:21 mark in the latest Digital Foundry podcast:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s3HuIFUO3d8&t=1342&
“I spoke to a lot of developers and publisher people about it and they were largely very upset. A lot of these companies actually see a lot of return, and in fact the majority, through physical sales. I feel like this is really going to affect a lot of businesses.”
“I get the feeling that a lot of these companies really want to put their weight behind the Switch 2 now and sort of try to keep that alive. The industry side of things is not positive right now about what’s happening. There seems to be a lot of resentment for what Sony has done and what they’re doing.”
u/Rich-Arm-104 — 1 month ago
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Rumor from Gamescom: Microsoft is speaking internally with all publishers, stating that their next console will be “100% physical”.
mp1st.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
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With the end of physical media in sight, gamers have had enough - An increasing tension between players and publishers about ownership of titles could lead to a divestment from the system the big companies are trying to enforce
theguardian.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Is The Latest Game To Prove Why PlayStation’s Decision Was Dumb - While the company argues that the desire for discs has fallen, consumers continue to prove otherwise.
thegamer.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
'No Disc, No Buy' Is Bigger Than Sony Expected. Preservation group ‘Does It Play’ leads an August boycott week as Sony’s 2028 disc cutoff ignites an ownership rights debate
gadgetreview.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
I Tried Buying Kingdom Hearts III Digitally And It Would Have Cost Me More Than The Entire Series On Disc - Maybe we're not mad enough about the digital future, actually
kotaku.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
Phantom Blade Zero State of Play bravely leaves comments on, is flooded with PlayStation fans telling Sony "no disc no buy" - "I'll buy it when it comes out in physical format"
gamesradar.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
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Resident Evil Requiem Physical Sales Show A Huge Demand For Discs In Various Countries - 55% of Requiem copies sold in France were physical, 51% in Japan, 43% in Australia and 40% in the UK.
tech4gamers.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
Marvel's Wolverine "fully playable" on disc when it releases, Insomniac clarifies. No download required in order to play.
eurogamer.netu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
▲ 268 r/gaming
Cloud streaming is like VR. They try to make it a thing every few years, but it’s not happening.
u/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
▲ 448 r/law
PlayStation users are treated like renters but charged like owners, say Mexican politicians amid complaint filed against Sony over physical games
gamesradar.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
▲ 56 r/PS5
Mexican lawmakers are officially taking Sony to court over its decision to end PlayStation's physical discs
destructoid.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
A Month After Disc Announcement Every YouTube video PlayStation posts has hundreds of comments about physical discs. Any remark about the actual content of the videos is being drowned out.
thesixthaxis.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago
▲ 275 r/gaming
Xbox Project Helix Was Reportedly Expected to Feature a Disc Drive to Gain an Edge Over PlayStation 6 - Xbox Doesn't Care About Disc Retail Sales — It Just Wants All Of Its Games To Be Playable On The Newer Console!
tech4gamers.comu/Rich-Arm-104 — 2 months ago