Multiple discs would have been the solution. They cost way less than HDDs (so more margins for Sony), it would have been better for preservation's sake (so Sony could have shown themselves as "the good guys", for better sales), and Sony could...
"In response to shifting trends in consumer preference"
My brother in christ you literally chose to make physical copies more annoying and sell disc-trays separately for 80 dollars.
Nah, you can just use multiple discs. No need for a new format. Horizon forbidden west complete edition and ff7 rebirth already do this. An install disc and a play disc.
No need for a new format.
I’m going to miss collecting physical but more than anything this sucks because we’re still in the middle of this memory shortage and things don’t look like they’re gonna get better anytime soon, and with game file sizes ballooning it’s not...
Grim but can't say it hasn't been coming. And to announce it in the same week as the removal of films that people had 'purchased' is an extra middle finger to us all.
Wouldn't this just end the secondary market? No more selling or lending games to friends and opens illegitimate account selling/trading on a larger scale as well as piracy.
Rockstar really are trend setters.
This was inevitiable though to be fair. More profit in shareholder pockets, more control.
RIP to this legendary piece of Sony history (didn't take long did it?):
Sony made a shocking announcement today, revealing that the company plans to move away from physical game releases in the future. Citing claims of how the industry is moving away from physical copies and disc-based games, and prefers digital...
Bro, literally what? Do you expect everyone to just magically know of every game they'll ever want to play forever? I'm still finding new games from this era I'm super into that I'd never even heard of, and it's nice being able to get the DLC for...
I find it curious that in the span of only a few days Sony has managed to:
Removed over 500 digitally purchased movies.
Announced they will shut down the store for the PS3 and Vita.
Announced they will stop with physical games.
The message is...
The Switch 1 really jaded people for sure. Seeing a system busted wide open with full bootrom access less than a year after launch and high quality emulators within a few years. That is not normal at all for consoles but I think it made people...