McDosy

My PS4 games tally reads as follows:
Physical: 4
Digital: 118

And one of those 4 came with the console...

That’s not me trying to save the environment. That’s just me going where the bargains are. The bargains aren’t in manufacturing and distributing redundant things. That costs money.

PlayStation have reacted to this by releasing a digital only edition of their new console, which I’ll obviously be getting. I’m not sure they can do much more than that when it comes to eliminating waste.

Ultimately, I don’t understand who this packaging is for. Biodegradability is only a desirable quality in disposable things people throw away. If you’re admitting this stuff is heading for a landfill, why manufacture it at all? If it’s for collectors and posterity and future generations, don’t they want packaging that lasts, like 90s Sega, rather than packaging that disintegrates, like 90s Nintendo?

@Wormold

That would really only make sense if physical media was also constantly on sale with savings of up to 95%, like digital games.

Which to the best of my knowledge, they don’t.