Back in the 80's I had a friend that would go to toys r us and take pull tickets for games he wanted but couldn't afford because he thought they couldn't sell "his" copy of the game if he had the ticket in his wallet. Hiding a physical copy somewhere else in the store probably works a lot better.
You do know they have data to support their decisions right?
Yea, this is the sad truth! I was in Wal-mart on Sunday with the wife to pick up a few things. We were in the back of the store for pet supplies and I looked around and said "where's the gaming section"? After finding it (the games) they had Playstation slammed in with Xbox in this tiny casing area . Things have changed a lot in gaming. I guess Walmart doesn't feel Blu-rays, UHD and gaming is worth the shelf space anymore. They've all been reduced to tiny areas in my Wal-mart. Here's the kicker it's a Super Wal-mart store with hundreds of lanes for shelving. If Wal-mart is cutting back in a store this size what does that say about the smaller stores???
that right there should say it all, sony looks at discs as a secondary after thought since you need an add on and not built it. they are slowly moving away from it, look up frog boil method.
There's also the fact that UHD BD format is peaking in terms of capacity. Recent releases are 90 plus GB and the max capacity of a single disc is 100 GB. We will start seeing more and more huge games that far exceed that and thus require either to use multiple discs or an internet download. At that point I don't think people is going to bother.
FF7 Rebirth and Baldurs Gate 3 are two upcoming physical releases that will require more than one disc.
They do both, and don't forget Sony are a hardware company that makes the blu-ray drives.
Kind of telling when a side needs to constantly make stuff up isn't it?
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They have a different category for that. The majority of games that come out 100% do not need a patch. The ones that do kind of need a patch are usually addressing something minor. The source is not "that's what I've heard and pushed all these years". Here's some proof:
I like the math but I think there is a reason for this
No you can't, not shipped from them.
TBH though, at least here DE has been something of a unicorn. I've never seen one in the wild. Maybe this will be different with the "slim-ish", but I'm guessing not nearly as many DEs have been made in the first place. Which would make sense from Sony's POV (no way a Blu-ray drive costs $100 for them, so they were selling at a greater loss at least initially).
Follow the loser, we got a few geniuses on here.
Same incentive for every other electronic device they sell. TVs, Rokus, cameras, laptops, headphones, etc.
When we are all forced into digital only, knowing the data supported it will definitely help me cope.
My point wasn't even about digital vs physical. It's just that people do more shopping online nowadays so the game section in Walmart is smaller & with Xbox Series being half digital only the sales of physical Xbox games are really low.
And that new game cover plastic smell… oh man it's like a new car.
