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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

This data is of course a few years old, trends have probably shifted more towards digital during Covid. But Playstation is still quoting misleading digital sales %, as a lot of small titles and DLCs are only sold digitally, skewing the numbers.

Physical discs disappearing will hurt all players, even digital-only buyers, as Sony will have no competition from the physical market, and can set prices as high as they think they can get away with.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I do have a strong suspicion that the end of the road of this type of move is going to end with an anti-trust case. Like, I don't see any way to avoid that.

You can't have a platform dictate everything about how it sells merchant wise without having an antitrust involved.

It may not be the US doing it, but I do think that some country is going to antitrust them.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

My big problem besides the price monopoly is the lack of true ownership for digital media. It’s just expensive licensing that can be taken away or altered at any moment. If Sony gets his way, we are looking at a very dark future for gaming