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If I was a console gamer I would have already stocked on all older consoles with all the disks, hacked a secondary console just because and move to PC for main online gaming. Let them suffer. Let them loose money.
But that would never happen. People will not stop buying. Sadly.
They knew before they started, either people took it lying down (unlikely) or there was backlash and reversal... Followed by announcement that disc version of next console is now $500 more expensive than digital, and physical discs will be produced, just at 1/10th the volume and doubled the cost of current.
Yup. It’s always by design. Corporate bullshit has been playing the long game.
That's pretty much what has been the case since the release of PS5, you pay a 50% premium to have a disc drive on your console and the disc games cost a lot more.
You can easily download a game in minutes Vs finding a physical copy online, ordering it and waiting for it to arrive.
It's obviously a lot cheaper to distribute a game online rather than using discs.
85% of PS5 game sales are digital with physical game sales reduce year on year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202234/global-playstation-game-unit-sales-digital-downloads/
Those Stats end in q42025 but this year's stats are widely reported to be 85% digital.
By all means people should be able to keep their disc drive but you have to accept these days it is an expensive luxury.
The VAST majority of gamers don't identify as "gamers". They don't read gaming media, they don't engage in online discourse about video games, and they don't give two shits about any of this sensationalist nothing burger fear mongering.
If YOU are a "concerned gamer"; physical media is dead. Acknowledge that you are an INFINITESIMALLY MINISCULE minority and get over it, or find a new hobby.
A couple thousand chronically online whiners don't get to decide the future of the industry.
Reselling isn't a thing with any PC game store I know. Which is the only drawback for me. Is it possible to sell my old PS game discs or are they attached to my PS account?
Discs are not attached to any account.
I'd be more ok with digital only if I had options for where I could buy codes.
If the next generation is digital only, it will be the first generation in which I do not participate.
