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Its happening again isnt it?
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How crazy would it be if they did discs only for JP region next gen and we went back to having to import JP games
The damage is done. Sony showed their true colours. I hope PS6 flops and everyone moves to Xbox. 
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Physical sales would have to be like 5% a year to legit considering abandoning it. Especially when your platforms have the most last gen discs out in circulation around the world in poorer markets.
Optics matter. I guess Sony doesn’t want to be the most hated publisher in the industry… cuz they earned that title in like a year.
It’s still concerning that they made decisions this dumb to begin with
Optics matter. I guess Sony doesn’t want to be the most hated publisher in the industry… cuz they earned that title in like a year.
It’s still concerning that they made decisions this dumb to begin with
As much as I'd like to believe this, the source is MLID who has been milking this controversy like crazy and is always huffing hopium (because he has one anecdote about AMD backtracking on FSR exclusivity to newer cards and thinks that therefore every company will react like that).
It's not outside of the realm of possibilities that Sony really became so boneheaded that they made such a decision and only afterwards thought about asking what developers for their platform think, and are ready to change plans accordingly, but it sounds very unlikely.
Their whole next-gen strategy relies partially upon a handheld that's naturally not going to play discs. As we can see with this gen, when presented with the option to get a driveless console vs one with a disc drive, the vast majority paid the premium to get the latter. So even if they make a compromise and say games will still release as PS5 discs but PS6 will be full digital (like MLID says they should do), it's just going to make the PS6 an even harder sell by comparison.
Also that 23% physical figure for Wolverine is unofficial and from Alinea Analytics, who always massively underestimate physical ratios. That ratio might be somewhat in the ballpark of what sales in the US look like but in the rest of the world it's going to be much higher than 23%.
It's not outside of the realm of possibilities that Sony really became so boneheaded that they made such a decision and only afterwards thought about asking what developers for their platform think, and are ready to change plans accordingly, but it sounds very unlikely.
Their whole next-gen strategy relies partially upon a handheld that's naturally not going to play discs. As we can see with this gen, when presented with the option to get a driveless console vs one with a disc drive, the vast majority paid the premium to get the latter. So even if they make a compromise and say games will still release as PS5 discs but PS6 will be full digital (like MLID says they should do), it's just going to make the PS6 an even harder sell by comparison.
Also that 23% physical figure for Wolverine is unofficial and from Alinea Analytics, who always massively underestimate physical ratios. That ratio might be somewhat in the ballpark of what sales in the US look like but in the rest of the world it's going to be much higher than 23%.
Well I do think they should have a physical option. Like I've always said they should simply produce less discs if they wanna scale it back but the option for certain regions should exist... especially across Europe and Asia.
You go to Japan and the retail spaces for PS and Nintendo are pretty cool to see especially compared to how bare bones they've become in the States.
Sell the PS6 as digital only but let people buy the add-on if they want that option.
This was a huge self own for them and it never made sense. They could have a scaled down physicals in silence and no one would know.
Now if they walk it back in some way, they still look bad and get another wave of social media dunking lol
You go to Japan and the retail spaces for PS and Nintendo are pretty cool to see especially compared to how bare bones they've become in the States.
Sell the PS6 as digital only but let people buy the add-on if they want that option.
This was a huge self own for them and it never made sense. They could have a scaled down physicals in silence and no one would know.
Now if they walk it back in some way, they still look bad and get another wave of social media dunking lol
NURSE HE'S OUT AGAIN!
They can't survey customers lol. Developers give honest and more direct feedback and they have access to the industry in ways we don't
Bumping this - there's a Resetera mod now claiming he has seen evidence of the survey and the question being real. Owner of Gematsu also confirmed a survey happened but doesn't know if there was any question about physical games.
Maybe MLID isn't just huffing copium on this topic as usual, but still unlikely they will do anything actionable with this feedback if you ask me.
Maybe MLID isn't just huffing copium on this topic as usual, but still unlikely they will do anything actionable with this feedback if you ask me.
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Stop projecting
You say that, but i see some white liquid dripping from the corner of your mouth
Interesting since I don't drink Milk, must have been one of your hallucinations about men you've never met
Huh? All i see from this post is "gargle gargle Sony you're so big and manly"