For those who don’t know, there has been somewhat of an uproar due to Playstation’s announcement about stopping making disks.
PlayStation sold more PS5 without BD reader than the one with. Consumers have already voted
It’s kinda not only customers fault. Sony charges much for the bd version plus 9/10 of the games require huge downloads and installs even if they are physical. Most people just don’t see the point anymore.
If the disk cannot install and play the full game, then it holds little value as physical media for preservation. At that point the only value it has is for collectors.
Or someone who wants to resell it when they’re done playing it. Us old dudes did that often. You could always get a little of the cash back from a game you could use to put toward a new game. With digital it’s full price and no resale.
Or someone who wants to resell it when they’re done playing it
you mean the days when a $80 game could be resold for $5?
Only to GameStop. You could get more money for them selling on eBay or outright.
Consumers are dumb
Buy the disc system, then Its only a few physical games, and then youd have saved the money a disc drive would cost
Ive gotten all physical games i have, for 70% of the price sony sells them for on their digital store
Incl brand new releases
And i own it forever
“And i own it forever”
We are not talking about the PS2 or even PS3 here though. These new games do not fit on a disk and require constant updates and connection to servers. Any game that requires you to connect to the internet, even if you own the disc, you don’t really own. They can shut that down anytime they feel like it.
Sony has rigged the game though, and you’ve bought into it.
Your physical discs are only as good as your ability to download the game files and day-one patches from their servers. For the average user, there really is no benefit to having a disc.
I hate it, but Sony made the choice for us as far back as the PS3.
According to Circana (formerly NPD), as of October of last year, 82% of PS5s were the disc version.
Do you have a source for that? Because I know for a long time the disc version outsold the digital by a pretty wide margin. And the pro doesn’t count because it doesn’t offer a disc option.
I’m pretty sure that was in the media release from Sony but I could be mistaken
I’ll answer with a question that should well serve as an answer
What boycott?
Nope.
No. Convenience always wins. Same reason people decided streaming is better than owning.
Some percent of those upset and boycotting will simply give it up. These things have about a 2-4 week lifespan. Then they’ll just miss their PlayStation and everything will be over, except they’ll own even less.
Noup, it’s not going to have any effect. Like the other person said. People hqve already voted with their wallets and will keep voting the same way, because for some reason not buying something is completely unthinkable to way too many people.
No. Its that simple.
People will keep using the playstation, people will keep playing games, buying shit etc. Its wishful thinking that the boycott will do anything other the slightly lower overall numbers. The equivalent of a normal workday.
I think people underestimate the power of collective action. People have been underplaying the strengths of these actions in online discourse to the point where I wonder if its coordinated.
Being loud and boycotting does work. And even if it doesn’t why support anti consumer practices.
All I know is I’m not buying shit from them again.
Yes, the even more powerful way of protesting: not giving a shit.
The disk battle is the wrong one to fight.
The correct battle is that buying=owning not leasing.
NO… the golden age is over… video games are a scam now. Swim against the stream and throw in the towel… cold turkey. Your wallet will thank you. Get a new hobby like masturbation. Anything but giving the PDFiles your money. The turds have entered the building. The fun has been compromised. https://www.aftribune.com/entertainment/epstein-files-expose-how-jeffrey-epstein-pushed-microtransactions-in-video-games/
Get a new hobby like masturbation. Anything but giving the PDFiles your money.
Better be talking about jerkin off using the power of imagination cuz the porn industry is full of pedophilic and rapey circumstances. I’m all pro-sex work but there’s a lottttt of reform in other areas to focus on first IMO
I concur. I just think porn wouldn’t exist in a better world and we all would be gettin our nut. It was a crass joke. Do people eat fast food? They use slave labor. At the end of the day this system makes me dirty. There is no eithical consumtion under capitalism in anyway shape or form. But these over priced video games which are not even that good anymore are a death sentance to a person on a shoe string budget. Refering back to the artical I posted it explains how the groomers control the games. I am not claiming to be profound or a well of wisdom but as a poor shmuck, these video games are for the richers or for fools. So I ain’t nailing anyone to the cross, that is just my take. Econommicaly speaking. Not moraly. Besides who pays for porn? Everybody shakin ass on the net these daze. The internet is free sample costco on steroids. It is either revolution or jerkin. No one can push this gawd damn bolder up the hill on their own. What a sorry state of affairs. Everybody thinking they have morals… individualism… its funny… everybody building hell while seeking heaven.
Probably not.
No. And even if PS and their home electronics division died, Sony has their hands in too many pies for it to hurt them longterm as a company; they’re in the cine and ENG industries, they make still cams, they make image sensors for everyone, and last time I thought they also had an industrial imaging division, Sony as a company will be fine even if they lost PS and their home electronics division.
To put it bluntly, Sony is in the position now, that RCA was in when they were in their prime, only Sony has yet to have a CED moment where RCA killed themselves in their stupidity with the CED.
The lack of affordability in the console space will do more. I’d ballpark 95% of playstation purchasers have no idea about Sony’s announcement. And when it finally happens, they’ll just do whatever they need to do to make the game run. But if they just can’t justify the money it takes to do what they need to do, then sony won’t get the money, and they’ll notice.
But no, playstation won’t notice the blip of people who refuse to purchase for long-term ownership reasons.
No.
- most people don’t know about it
- many actual children won’t care
- many “gamers” are little better than children
or the main point, modern games can’t really fit on physical media.
Discs is probably not the future but we could go back to cartridges with solid-state storage and get more than enough for a large game. It doesn’t have to be particularly compact so I assume companies could save money on not opting for the most state of the art densest drives
I suppose. But I remember old games came on multiple disks.
I also think that chasing every higher graphics has reached diminishing returns. Style counts for more than fidelity, I think.
If there’s an actual boycott - yes it will work. Will EVERYONE refuse to buy their products?
Yeah… right.
