Best Buy Exiting the Physical Media Biz (not games) in 2024 (Online & In-Store) & Walmart has begun removing physical games. Selling for 3 cents.

[KiryuRealty]

Costco has a 90 days no questions asked return on TVs. At equal price I would buy there, as I did in the past.

The only problem with buying from Costco is that sometimes Costco models have features cut to lower the price. My 55” Sony didn’t come with 3-D glasses and had the bare bones remote, as well as not having the right processor for the HDR-enabling update to be made available for it.

 

[Infinity]

Next Gen consoles will likely be all digital.

 

[On Demand]

So ... again I ask. You think stores are cutting out entire sections from their stores because they are doing well? You think ALL of the numbers are fudged?

Hardly anybody shops at retail for physical media anymore. That’s why. BestBuy being one of the places that’s not exactly popular anymore. That doesn’t mean it’s
not doing well.

Movie studios wouldn’t be making blurays if they were not selling. Boutique labels wouldn’t be doing all those obscure blurays. Physical games would not be made and still hold a large market share if they did not sell.

 

[Hezekiah]

Next Gen consoles will likely be all digital.

Yep, and Xbox will get the most flack because they're going to be releasing first

 

[KiryuRealty]

Yep, and Xbox will get the most flack because they're going to be releasing first

They aren’t releasing a next generation Xbox at all.

 

[On Demand]

Next Gen consoles will likely be all digital.

No they won’t.

You people keep ignoring physical sales presence. It’s not a insignificant market as of right now. Probably won’t ever be.

Consumers like ownership.

 

[Box]

I buy all my physical games from Amazon anyways, same day delivery
Cheaper
Shrink wrapped

No point in a physical store anymore

 

[Say1nMan]

No they won’t.

You people keep ignoring physical sales presence. It’s not a insignificant market as of right now. Probably won’t ever be.

Consumers like ownership.

Plus physical games are still going strong in Japan too and it seems like Nintendo is contempt to keep doing cartridges or whatever physical format they want still.

 

[Hezekiah]

They aren’t releasing a next generation Xbox at all.

Source?

 

[anonpuffs]

Source?

Nanomachines, son

 

[historia]

Returns are one thing, what about a year in? Best buy will send a tech out to your house to service your tv. It's a lifesaver.

Is that somethng rare in america.

I mean my local small retailer in town will send one to deliver and assamble.

Also cable tvs still prevelant here.

 

[ShimmeringLifestyle]

It's disappointing but not all too surprising. Barnes and Noble might just be the last "major" retailer still carrying high quality films.

 

[anonpuffs]

Is that somethng rare in america.

I mean my local small retailer in town will send one to deliver and assamble.

Also cable tvs still prevelant here.

I'm talking about repairs

 

[Zzero]

Best buy has really good customer service and warranties though, unless costco has a VERY significant price advantage, like 15%+, I'd take Best Buy for big appliance purchases like TVs

15 percent? Try like 30 or 40. Source: Me, who brought a tv at BJs last year after going to Best Buy and sneering the prices+ BB employee trying to upsell me on stuff I didn't need/want.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

Yep, and Xbox will get the most flack because they're going to be releasing first

If they release at around the same time as PS at around the same price their console will offer similar performance. Unless someone has some secret sauce that allows them to do better things for cheaper.

Mind you, the series X has become quite cheap... So go figure, I don't see them adding a third SKU soon.

 

[Zzero]

Also, unrelated from the above, it eventually came out that Best Buy was only ditching film (and music, if they even still stocked CDs) while games were remaining. So a lot of the speculation about "the section getting cut" was bullshit anyway.

Setting that aside, the best place to get games is Amazon, followed by Walmart (who often have new titles cheaper than Gamestop), then your local game store in last place because its run by an asshole who bases all of his prices off pricecharting, won't do fair trades, won't look out for special customer requests.

 

[anonpuffs]

15 percent? Try like 30 or 40. Source: Me, who brought a tv at BJs last year after going to Best Buy and sneering the prices+ BB employee trying to upsell me on stuff I didn't need/want.

lol imagine trying to buy things by walking in the door. you have to wait til you get an online price that's competitive, then go in person after you already know what you want.

 

[rofif]

Yeah but what was your question referring to? I don't know which link you were asking about.

The tweet from bottom of your doesn’t matter

 

[Darth Vader]

These numbers are years out of date. Recent numbers look quite different.

Can't stop what's coming for better or worse.

Physical Games Represented Just 4% of Sales for PlayStation Last Quarter

The only category down year-on-year

www.pushsquare.com

Sony G&NS quarterly gaming sales by segment 2023 | Statista

In the fourth quarter of the company's fiscal year 2023, Sony Corporation generated approximately 601 billion yen through game software sales.

www.statista.com

Serious question ... do people think retail stores are going to stop selling physical media because it's ... doing well?

You're looking at the numbers wrong. Most sales Sony reports are digital because it includes their store. Sales of AAA games are still around 50% physical, more in some cases.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Amazon is my goto for everything nowadays although Best Buy does have some gd deals from.time to time.