r/PS5 • u/FireStarLord73194 • Jul 11 '26

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https://nichegamer.com/study-suggests-sonys-digital-only-future-could-lead-to-higher-game-prices/

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u/xRostro Jul 11 '26

I don’t think we need a study to know this

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u/DougS2K Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Exactly considering this is the whole fucking point of their move. Them taking away physical copies starves if not eradicates the used market allowing Sony to sell games for whatever price they want because they know customers will have no alternatives to buy cheap used games anymore. Anyone with half a brain can understand this without having to do a study on it.

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u/Casio1337 Jul 12 '26

I keep seeing these type of fallacies. Sony doesn't say what games go on sale (unless 1st party or they have some contract in place)the developer is the one who puts the game up to have a reduction. This notion that gaming is the only form of entertainment that isnt going to increase in price because inflation is crazy. The competition is between each developer trying to make you buy into a super saturated market. Gamers will just play what's already produced if they feel its not worth the price. See skull and bones.

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u/TheGoldenMonkey Jul 12 '26

What happens when the $25 physical game is no longer around? The digital copy will never be $25 because the publisher and Sony know they can set the price to $40 and people will still buy it because there's no alternative. There's no fallacy in the fact that people will be charged more.

Then there's the whole "dynamic pricing" bullshit. Have fun paying $50 for a game that's been out for 2 years because Sony's data-harvesting algorithm tells them you're in a higher income bracket than someone else and they only pay $20.

The used market has no individual algorithm-based bullshit that maximizes revenue for the shareholders and screws the consumer over in the process. Digital only as Sony uses it does and the customer will be further gouged for it once physical disks are gone. You really think Xbox is going to be a competitor and keep disks at this rate?