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[–] FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

The only thing that would make them consider changing course is if a significant portion of gamers refused to buy games unless they come in a physical format. Sony knows that'll never happen. People will complain to their heart's content and then happily plonk down $80 for the next big digital only game release. Capitalism largely works the way it does because people don't want to go without.

[–] TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

A SIGNIFICANT portion of people who buy video games already have already abandoned physical media and done care...

Excluding Nintendo, ~5% of total video game sales are physical media.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 5 hours ago

people already weren't buying physical media.

[–] brezel@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago
[–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Which is gta. And yes, they will waste our time bitching about this and buy it anyways.