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@Fiendish-Beaver Really impressive stuff so far!!!

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@Blauwe_Chimay It was pretty cool. Only problem was they had so much stuff (read: junk) I actually couldn't browse their PS1 stock. It was hidden behind two heavy filing cabinets they didn't really want to move.

Before someone complains I've been running these at the start of the month every two months all year now.

I'm conscious of it adding to the doom gloom, but I think it's information people should know about.

Fortunately, this isn't the worst period on record, mostly server closures.

Thanks for the article Noah! I need to get back to this game and try out the new content.

@CheesyOatcake Yeah agreed, that’s why I acknowledged it’s different in the UK and US sadly.

(I couldn’t believe when I went to San Francisco and there basically are no shops.)

You’re quite right, of course. And all this would have been a factor in Sony’s decision sadly.

@Old-Red They phased out physical review code with the PS4, but worth noting we’ll often only get one code for review.

Certainly agree that it’s definitely influenced reviewer behaviour, but I’m sure we all spend above average on games regardless.

Definitely something I’ve thought about too.

@AI-Generation Hopefully. I think inevitably the presence is going to fade though, and frankly a lot of these stores are going to close down.

@dskatter Fair but it's important the full context is explained before we jump to conclusions. Which isn't what was happening on social media this weekend.

@8thDoctor THANK YOU

@SuperSilverback You're not. You're just seeing retro perfection.

@Swandivetotheasphalt If everyone else can figure it out, so can Sony.

@Oram77 :shrug:

@darthvirgin Thanks, no idea how I missed that!

@naruball Touche.

I will be seated.

@GraveMatter At the end of the day, it's what people want to play.

@Porco You're partly right but not 100%. There is a way to see the revenue of physical software vs digital software (no DLC, microtransactions, etc included).

There's absolutely no doubt the digital sales utterly dwarf the physical sales.

However, people are also right to point out that there's simply more content available digitally than there is physically.

There are also charts from Circana that show the decline in physical sales revenue in the US over the last two decades which is undeniable.

However, it did increase slightly in 2025 suggesting it's "bottomed out" now, and still represents $1.6 billion, which is not nothing.

So there's nuance here. The data absolutely shows a gigantic trend towards digital, but it also proves there is a market for physical that remains.

Kinda looking forward to this but I don't expect it to run well even on the PS5 Pro.

@Titntin "I hope whenever some sensible conversations are encouraged again, we can get to talk about ideas for game preservation, changes to the store etc, but till then I guess its just time to cash in on the hate vibe."

Are some of these things not exactly what's in the article? Particularly improvements to the Store/digital experience?

@Damage99 Agreed. To be honest, I think many of these things applied before killing physical games.

@RoomWithaMoose Day one!

@Fluberuper Just being honest.

@PloverNutter Yeah, it's why I don't completely agree with people who say Sony should be making more AA/lower budget games.

It's not a solution. They won't stand out and they'll flop in this environment sadly.

Don't know what the answers are to those problems, but squeezing out dozens of poorly marketed, unremarkable games is not the answer when there's already too much choice and competition.

I've been saying for a while that I actually think Xbox has been making too many games and just throwing them out without any attention, marketing, or fanfare.

I know it sounds weird to say they had "too much content", but I'm really not surprised so many titles underperformed.

They just dropped a lot of them. Stuff like Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 are great examples of that.

@BacklogBrad They did with the PS3/PS Vita stores. But I agree in general.

@LifeGirl The number has declined dramatically, no doubt, but it's not zero. There's no need for Sony to force this.

@themightyant I've never understood why they don't do physical releases later.

Like communicate clearly with customers what you're doing, get the most up-to-date "finished" version of the game on the disc, include a manual or poster or whatever, nice box art.

Charge more if you have to, fine. But make it a premium experience that people actually feel good about buying.

You might even get people to "double-dip" that way, and if it's all about the bottom line, then doesn't that work in your favour?

@Gremio108 Haha yeah, I must admit I found that video from Bethesda very rich.

It's funny, but they're not innocent in all this haha.

@Zuljaras That is awesome man, I'm going to check out that article later today!

@Zuljaras Wow that N64 is cool!

@rjejr Yeah I don't get it. I mean I think they announced it today because it's exactly 18 months before they plan to carry this out, so maybe legally they have to give a heads up.

But I don't get it. Just sell the disc drive separately, keep making the discs in small amounts; the market's doing what they want anyway, why force it?

@AdamNovice So I checked, it's currently the third most commented article. Two different PSN outages have more comments.

@LogicStrikesAgain Well it's more about them just abandoning social media entirely while they wait for people to cool down. Like I said in the article, they did the same thing with Bluepoint — didn't post anything for 72 hours.

@Beerheadgamer82 Nearly 5,000 comments on the PS Blog now and it's ugly.

@8th_Observer I must admit I don't fully get this one either. It also doesn't solve the problem of decades of physical PlayStation collecting many people have.

I guess people are just lashing out and understandably would rather spend their money anywhere else at this point, which I get.

@ShadowRJ Oh I agree, I'm just joking. I actually don't see what the purpose of this time out is, this one isn't going away in 72 hours.

How long can they realistically stay off social media for?

@LogicStrikesAgain New quarter and it's exactly 18 months before they plan to execute this.

I'd assume legally they have to give some form of notice?

@Oram77 Instead they said:

When it's only 1st July and you're already on your second social media time out of the year, perhaps you should stop and think about some of the decisions you're making and how your fans feel about the brand.

@Swandivetotheasphalt Hope you're right!

@Bizzy Thanks for reading! Sucks it was a crappy topic!

@Nexozi Maybe the people that are outraged didn't move to PC because PlayStation remained a place they could viably play physical games, though?

@AdamNovice I think we've gone higher than this but I'll need to check.

@rjejr Wow that's a DEEP cut.

@themightyant But surely that justifies their decision further?

I want to be very clear, I personally don't like this, but got to look at the whole picture.

@carlos82 I'm sure the ratio for physical is higher in single player games but does that change the broader picture?

I'd argue no. The data is the data and I'm not happy with it either, but it's still important to acknowledge.

@themightyant Agreed, I mentioned that in the article:

"It should be noted that this data is based on unit sales, where a limited number of physical products are being pitted against a broader range of digital titles – many often available at low prices.

But for a different comparison, in its most recent quarter, physical game sales represented ~$109 million of its revenue. During the same period, digital accounted for ~$1.5 billion."

@DualWielding That's fair, but I guess I'd put that under the category of an external Blu-ray drive.

That'd certainly be a more consumer friendly option, though, you're right.

@GamingGod You still can until July (if you're in the UK, USA, Europe, etc)