Sony was right.
>please care about the US
getting rid of discs for normal editions is smartbut what about collectors editions?
Snoys might as well start selling their collections, they have no use for them unlike Xbox chads.
>make profit>BUT ITS NOT ENOUGHHHHHHHalways the same with jews
I remember when /v/ cheered that pic related was retiring and some Jap was finally going to go back to leading Sony and since then things have literally only gotten worse.>still overcommitted to finding "their own Fortnite">still thinks the future is GAASlop>still endlessly pandering to the woke ideology and other people who don't like or buy video gamesThe only thing of note the new CEO has done is kill physical.Based Japan, right?
>>746186418>Make less shit worth buying >It's the costumer's fault >We need to make things even less appealing so they don't buy even harder
Hop on pc gaming, leave your dustcollector 5 behind. get a switch2 if even
What games are there to buy anyway?
>>746186784Slopverine.
>more games at gamescom releasing physical on ps5 than Xbox or NintendoWhy are we mad at sony again?
Keep justifying it, the faster sony dies the better.
>>746186943To think P6 might be one of the last physical games for the Playstation. Sad!
>>746186943>doesn't have a release date, let alone a release year>we're totally releasing a physical copy bruhsounds like damage control to me
>>746186674You cant just instantly reverse years of sabotage anon
>>746187345No but making it worse is apperantly very easy.
>>746186418don't care
Man "journos" really love to suck snoy's cock for some reason.
>>746186418I don't trust any of these news. They're purposely misinforming you so you'll agree with Sony.
>>746186994The last period. Xbox, pc and Nintendo already stopped years ago.
>>746186418so what, one bad month means the entire practice should be killed?
>>746186418it's hard to buy a physical game for $70 when you have enough time between getting it and walking up to the register to really think about it
>>746187936So what, doesn’t the massive corporation know Virgin McChud is an expert in physical games media analytics?!
>>746186418No they are not
Until they can make disks bigger than 50gigs for games, digital will be mandatory. How many fucking disks would GTA6 be? It's clear the people that are pissing their pants haven't thought about that for a single fucking seconds. I'm sure 99% of them still think games come on one disk.
>>746186418>That B-roll background image>The Last of Us Part .II RERSRTRED>GT Garif Sbrios 7>Demon's Sords>Alan Inake HWho the heck AI filters a fucking full-res JPG photo...?
>>746188204>what is compression?
>>746188204PS5 UHD BDs are already 100GB. Also who gives a shit, just press multiple discs.
Maybe the cratered because modern games are all fake, gay, retarded garbage intended for the lowest of the lowest denominator.
>>746188240Who doesn't? Do any video game sites still use real pictures?
>>746186418OP's pic is highly unrealistic. PS5 retail sections are never this well stocked.
>>746186674I said it then and will continue to say it - we do not comprehend the gravity of Jimbo's poor decision making, and the fallout will last for years, if not generationa after he has gone. Playstation may heal in time, but it wasn't likely to be in time for PS6. If we're lucky, his influence will end with that gen.
>FAGMANN and the jews prepping for the server-based future when 3/4ths of america are stuck on sub-fibergreat stuff
>>746186418I get this is a bait thread with an AI generated article that doesn't even exist, but realistically why would people buy physical games if theyre being told they won't be supported in a year from now?
>>746191070The article actually exists, which is honestly sadder than if it didn't.
>>746191378That's fucked bro
>>746186418No disk no buy mr snoyman
>>746186418>TO JUST MILLIONS OF PROFIT>ONLY MILLIONS OF PROFIT>WHAT THE FUCK I WANTED BILLIONS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKill all corporate fag lovers.
>>746186418People honestly would have gotten used this future if Sony didn't just come right out and told everyone they don't own their games, and that Sony will take them away at their own discretion. If digital is the future of gaming, you people really should just come to PC instead, at least you have multiple storefronts to choose from and can pirate shit if game devs decide they want to fuck you in the ass.
>>746186418>release nothing good>absolute fuck all>see? nobody is buying anything!
>>746186418>"just" 85 million in a month>despite 0 games and even fewer physicaluuuhhhhh yeah "unprofitable" thats the right term
>>746186418My problem with the whole "no more discs" situation, is people don't realize physical died almost a decade ago. Discs don't have the full game in them, Fallout 76 "physical" copy didn't even came with a disc, just a code. Nintendo made empty cartridges with key codes in them way before the Sony thing, and retards are losing their minds now? You haven't owned anything for years and you never realized it, lmao. I'm not defending it nor do i like it, but i came to terms with it years ago and moved on
>how can i make this about nintendo
I don't see the issue with ending physical. The real problem is DRM. When you have an exe, unmolested by copy protection and denuvo, you truly own it.
>>746193341Holy shit you are dumbGo read the gog/steam user agreement then go read sonysFor steam and gog you own the gameFor sony you dont own shit
>>746192703This. Selling $85 million worth of fuck all is actually impressive.
>>746193578Both of them technically have the same license agreement of "you don't own anything, goyim". The difference is that steam has no way to take your game away, once it's installed on your PC. Sony can molest you all the way to the bank, thanks to their closed ecosystem.
>>746192812>My problem with the whole "no more discs" situation, is people don't realize physical died almost a decade ago. Discs don't have the full game in them, Fallout 76 "physical" copy didn't even came with a disc, just a code.Why do retards keep parroting this? A large majority of physical releases today are playable with just the disc. And when we're discussing multiplayer only games like Fallout 76, who even cares if it requires a download? These form the most of the exceptions.
>>746186418>make physical less comprehensive every gen>as a result, people stop buying it>iT lOoKs LiKe PeOpLe JuSt DoN't WaNt PhYsIcAlsame thing as when it happened to PCthere wasn't any point once all you were getting is a code in a boxso too when the disc can't even run the game without a multiGB download
>>746186559>ps2 won>ps3 lost>ps4 won>ps5 won>ps6 lost
>>746186418There is literally an answer for this shit and none of the companies are doing this. Literally just do this.>Physical Versions are the more expensive option, justifying the $60 to $90 price range and making you keep the games.>Digital Versions are the cheaper option, make them like $30 to $50 and it also justifies the fact you don't own them.Literally that simple. But in the end we can blame one motherfucker for all the problems that now exist in the gaming industry. GTAVI. By the way GTAVI deserves to fail.
>>746195395Then people will get mad at them for the 90 dollar price tags while they miss out on revenue by selling 50 dollar games
>>746186418>see? People stopped buying our games after we said we're going to hyperjew them. We're entirely justified in hyperjewing them.Sony is run by the most malicious fucking retards the world has ever known.
>>746186521>but what about collectors editions?For $99.99 extra you'll get 15 jpegs (artbook) , 1000 in-game gold (one healing potion costs 500) , color swapped basic weapon/armor (gold version sou you can flaunt your wealth for first 10 minutes before you get better weapon) and if devs feel really generous you can run the game 48 hours earlier than 'normal edition' plebs.
>release no games>Revenue craters>See? Physical is ....le bad?
>>746186674They literally cancelled their plan to make a billion GAAS.And we will only know if the woke pandering is gonna go down in a few years, since the games coming out now are still from his influence. So yeah, if in a few years we are still getting Forspoken, Concord and Horizon garbage, then you will still have a point here.Either way, staying with him was not the answer, and if the new one is worse or still bad, then it gotta change again, until it either dies or finds a way to heal itself.
>>746194310>Why do retards keep parroting this?Because it's true? You fucking retard. Have fun playing the unfinished version that comes on that disc without installing that day 1 patch, Wich in some cases it's mandatory. Don't like the Fallout 76 example? Fine, how about Hogwarts Legacy? the disc only came with the prologue, or Spyro remake trilogy, When it came out, the disc had only the first game, it was re issued and fixed, but it happened. But no, you are right, physical media is totally like it was back in the day
Assuming this boycott dies down eventually and NPCs go back to their typical consumption habits, how much extra $$$ will Sony get?Most obvious revenue sources:-lower distribution costs, how much are we talking per $80 game download vs physical distribution?-cheaper HW cost without optical drive = possible higher HW margins though it's kind of questionable with all the AI-pocalypse HW price hikes-used game market basically dead so everyone either has to pay full price or wait who knows how long for sale
>>746186814>when your roommate drinks all the onions milk
>>746197689The majority of games aren't like that. Most games are still on the disc. It's a problem but you're grossly exaggerating it by pretending everything is like that.
>>746197689NTA but stop being a fucking drama queen.Despite all that screeching you only have 2 examples, that's pathetic when your original claim was 'physicals died a decade ago. discs don't have the full game in them'.This is a fucking lie for MOST of physicals.
>>746186418Are you telling me digital sales were higher? Sony got like five good games or something
>>746200085No. It's even more retarded.They're just saying "retail sales (for zony only) cratered (because zony doesn't have games), therefore, physical is le bad
>>746186674lots of cope replies but the Jap CEO came out and said they are committed to GAAS as a strategy. Nothing is going to change with him at the helm except maybe some more japanese games in the mix.
>>746192992Go away faglord.
>>746186418why are mutts the only group of people who are so vocal about giving up their consumer rights? not only is this embarrassing as hell, but they also ridicule those who have a functioning brain and oppose the anti-consumer decisions of corporations and in response they can't come with anything else other than ad personam attacks such as calling you a commie or a troon (or whoever is currently living rent free in their heads)EU: politicians publicly calling out sony, even third world shitholes like brazil are doing something about it, but for some reason the biggest most profitable video game market on earth just eats it up and raises their hands thinking that nothing can or should be done because god forbid you offend a corporation
>>746200085Yes if you count DLC and microtransactions. Also, no secondhand sales cutting into margins.
>>746186418>only a billion dollars a year from a single countryWhat retard wrote this?
>>746203141>but for some reason the biggest most profitable video game market on earth just eats it up and raises their hands thinking that nothing can or should be done because god forbid you offend a corporationYou say this as if the "biggest most profitable video game market on earth" is intrinsically inclined to savvy consumer behavior. That so much money flows so freely would indicate the opposite.
>>746194310It'a the same kind of retard thinking that occurs in the minds of those who go "well what about the one 11 year old in Mississippi who get gang raped and impregnated by 3 uncles and a sheep?" every time abortion is brought up. Reframing a discussion based on an exception, and not the rule, is a transparent fallacy utilized by those not arguing in good faith, of extremely low IQ, or both.
>>746192812Almost all modern console vidya can be played with disc alone.If you live under a rock shut the fuck up about things you don't understand.
>>746203870Exception can at least be used to identify historical warning signs, and much like with horse armor and DLC, there were 8th gen instances like Fallout 76's cardboard disc fiasco that predicate what we're seeing today. To say it was all fire and brimstone in the moment back then is taking it too far, but it did raise eyebrows. There's nothing wrong with looking back and going "hmm, maybe we should've cared a bit more about that".
