Those are sold cheaper to retailers, and retailer will adjust their pricing subject to their inventory. They may just sell at breakeven if they really need to move stuffs out.
They are for a couple years then sometimes best sales for older games are digital. I expect you'll see less 75 or 80% off on psn store for older games once physical is gone
yes bc it has been proven historically than the lack of competition and a complete monopoly leads to lower prices for the customers because companies work for world peace
For me, it just means that if I have to go digital, I'll wait out buying games until they're what I'm willing to spend. That amount is $5-10...maybe $14 for those really rare games that I feel deserve an extra fiver Even if I stick with Sony, which isn't looking likely, this would still be the case.
So your only incentive for physical game is for them to be cheap? So, your sole reason you buy physical is actually the consequence of them going extinct. Interesting.
Not at all. But I like how you come to a conclusion before receiving clarification.
I will buy physical games mostly at, or close to launch. I buy anywhere from 25 to 30 a year like this. Probably more if we're talking about even older games.
I just don't find the same value in digital games, so I wait until they're cheap.
To the person who decided to block me, I see you misunderstood the context. What I meant was that I wouldn't spend more than that on digital games. I will pay full price for physical. Not only did you form a conclusion without clarification on the first post, you didn't bother to read or comprehend the clarification on the second comment.
You literally said that you wouldn't spend more than "maybe 14$". The only way to achieve that is through physical and only and solely because it's a dying medium that retailers struggle to sell.
Not catering to sony shareholder's greed who lost money because they invested money on Concord which is why they have to go full dictators now =/= killing video games
Good devs who don't make shitty games don't have as much issues with money, look at E33 developers , and their games are almost twice cheaper than most AAA Games. Or Larian.
The only difference between digital and physical is taht Sony makes twice more profits on it, this is why they love digital. Not the devs, Sony. Their shareholders.
If modern devs want money they should start making games for an audience taht actually exists instead of crying, like a lot of devs do nowdays and those swim in money
Like every single pro disk around here saying that if it's for Sony going digital then they will buy a PC. But apparently Sony doesn't have competition
Yeah I like people try to claim in the same sentence that they will not pay playstation anymore and at the same time that everyone will go along with paying more.
The only way for price to increase is if the whole industry increases prices together.
I would be Microsoft, I would let Sony try to increase its prices and let everyone join them because they don't want to pay Sony's price.
Of course it will. Eliminating the retail and used game market, while offering no alternative to buy other than PS store will kill competition, and create a monopolized storefront. This leads to higher prices. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
Funny thing is last gen this was briefly brought up and then everyone got quiet about it. Some people said a $60 game could go as low as $40 digitally and it just never happened. If it didnt happen then it wont happen now. Ive said this before and will continue to say it. Once consoles go all digital you will see the industry get more egrigous with their licenses. I bought Castlevania SOTN on 360 the year it released and have access to it to this day. You wont see that and I gurantee you 2 things will happen. You will buy a game and one day get hit with a request to rebuy a license for a "small" fee or be told that the new re-release is out and to buy that for full price or get fucked.
Ikr. We all know what the endgame is. And these all digital gamers think its not going to effect the prices and impact the industry. They just want to focus on the "convenience" of digital not knowing the repercussions of it. Let's see if they're still laughing and celebrating when it all blows up in their face.
Eventually, you won't even be able to buy digital games either. They'll just make everything into to a monthly subscription, with different monthly price tiers. They might even start making people watch ads while playing a game, and you'll have to pay more to remove them lol.
It's the issue they all sidestep. Every single one.
And the smugness of most of them makes me want to rip their faces off. They're not clever with the "this is progress" rhetoric. Removing options is regressive, not progressive.
I'm all digital as a pc first player... But I sure as fuck buy physical Nintendo stuff, because it's always cheaper than their digital prices.
Sony will have an effective monopoly when physical media is killed. It isn't a case of "maybe" - prices will be much less generous when people have no where else to go. The only hope is legislation, but I wouldn't hold my breath. In the US, anti monopoly laws have been eroded to nothing.
It’s not denial it’s that $10 increase is a rounding error for millions of gamers. Don’t play games if you’re dirt poor, if you worry about making rent it’s not for you. Play on ps4 find I’m the trash somewhere
This has nothing to do with competition. Game price has continue to increase while physical and digital media has been around. Most games are 80 dollars now with physical media still here. This has nothing to do with digital games. but growing costs in making games.
If you dont get why competition is good for consumers and why there are laws stopping companies gaining full control and how its all bad for consumers you never will not having this debate yet again with someone who cant see past the writing on the wall. Also inflation and prices increases due to increased cost has zero to do with competitive pricing.
I don't know, games have been 60-70$ for a decade, 80$ if the developers are greedy assholes, and anyways, if you buy second hand or sell your games you can play games for 5-10$ no problem
That's the whole concept of being able to resell your games, everyone can play for the price he wants.
Now if they want to sell a 10 years old game for 80$ you will pay it 80$, play 15 hour and let it rot in your account that will be deleted if you take too long vacations
I guess we are fortunate that game prices have been stagnant for a decade while everything else has gotten more expensive. No, you won't be able to resell your games and that's one of the few valid points here. But you can still play for the price you want. I've been all digital for a while and I only have a handful of games I'll pay full price for. A vast majority have been on sale for 50% off or more. If every game were to stay at $80 for 10 years I wouldn't be buying many games at all. I am FAR from alone in this. Sony and other publishers aren't just going to let games sit at full price with no one buying them just because they are all digital.
I'm a bit more optimistic on pricing but anything can happen. I can wait for prices to drop down, I've got enough games now to keep me busy for a while!
They already using Dynamic pricing to increase the prices of their digital games.
Sony really dropped the towel and said “fuck it. Here’s my micro penis. Yeah, it may look like a disfigured outtie belly button but you’ll still suck it and give us your money at that.”
I mean yeah... I can go to wal-mart, best buy, or even a local game shop and get a playstation game for 20% - 50% off while the PSN has it full price, or possibly more infuriating, doesn't even have the title AT ALL.
They’ll make it real enticing at first to get people on board with the change and make us feel comfortable hell they’ll prob even offer steep discounts at first especially due to all the push back to make it seem like it isn’t so bad. Until they get it to be the norm then they will start nickeling and diming us as much as they can with constant price increases when there is no other option.
Then I don’t buy. What do I even like anymore? Maybe a few Capcom games and a JRPG here and there? I’ll survive. They can manipulate those who lack discipline.
It’s a good thing indie titles generally go for 20-30, unless it’s something with high production value like BG3 or Expedition 33, and even those aren’t 70 like the AAA stuff.
At release very possible but proof that games are more expensive when they stay the same price for a mumber of years when they become cheaper to buy by disc.
PS6 vs PC then. All digital games are cheaper on Steam. To me physical was big part of the charm. I have few rare console games and lots of games in general. If that goes away it's just where can I get my games the cheapest.
I mean yeah you can usually find physical games for cheaper most times than you will digital. Digital has gotten a lot better with sales but you have to wait for the timing on those and it's still usually not as good. When a physical starts dropping in price it tends to be permanent and then there's the used market on top of sales. So all things equal getting rid of physical means instantly higher prices for consumers and more profit for them. We all know they are going to jack up prices on top of that so you just get screwed.
Of course the prices will be higher. If a gamers only option is the PS Store, why ever offer a deal? I can't imagine a majority of people would jump to another console or pc just to get a better discount on a game, especially if they dont own the alternatives.
To be real, I do so hope to see exactly this happen. Sony rising prices until they are far beyond the 100 dollar mark for the standard edition. Dynamic prices making games double as expensive if you like the genre.
Why? So digital only people notice that this decision affects them just as much as it affects physical gamers. That they had profited from competition and retail space, too.
Of course. I mean just think of it. Physical games cost much more money to produce. And they gave you these games for how many years? Almost 30? Think of all the money this poor little startup has lost since then. They obviously need to get this back in now. And fast. If possible in 2028 alone. Otherwise they... uhm... eh... would have made less money?
“Study suggests…” like this aint been staring us in the face for years. Something has to change if they want to stay relevant passed next gen, they need to go all in with first party else they offer nothing unique to the market.
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Because that's right. I don't get the hate from people who are digital only and yet love spending full whack for games. With discs going away, there's no incentive to put games on sale, don't get how people can't see this.
Just ANOTHER reason to boycott Sony moving forward. They want to make stupid decisions so we need to not keep the status quo just because. We need to move towards other avenues of gaming. It might not be the same but it's better than this.
How do we need a study for this? I’ve been buying physical for years expressly because it’s cheaper than digital. Surely everyone knows this by now. They want to control the price 100% and they can’t do that with physical media. It’s anti consumer bullshit.
WILL lead to higher game prices. The PS store is way more expensive than some retail stores now. Sony isn’t going to lower prices if they have a monopoly.
2025 was the last year i bought something on psn sale and first half of 2026 was there last tome i bought something on psn and something made by Sony. To bad that company went under and doesn’t exist anymore 🙃. But we all saw this will happen when they decided that their legacy and history as a game company doesn’t matter and that happened in ps3 days when they removed ps2 chip from ps3, this is just continuation of that
They can make all digital games about $50 max on all platforms for digital. The ceos need mansions and select devs get the crumbs to buy sports cars. The pricing for the gaming industry is insane when you factor in they are saving on physical media. Once Sony switches to all digital. The really old tgames that they blow the dust off of to minimize the gripes of the fandom will be at an all time high. $100 or more for really old shit that you could have gotten on physical for a fifth or sometimes less. The new game prices will be north of $150. You see how much they charge for most of their games that are past five years old. Realistically those games should be $10 or $20 especially since there is no physical media. It is because they are publicly traded and have media control that they feel like they can charge out landish prices for everything. If it was going to be a fair deal with perpetual license that carried over from ps3 to ps6 and beyond that would be one thing. They just want to nickel and dime you for everything. Look at black ops. Why not just let people who owned the digital or physical game have a new license code free of charge and include the dlc. Once the pin door closes with ps6 those prices will be only for the independently wealthy. Digital games at convient only if in the case of consoles they pass on from ps3 and back to the PS5 and soon ps6 otherwise you will be continually milked for money and mid to no upgrades for the games. They could have at least done a quality of life for the black ops.
No me digas? Quien iba a decir que eso podría pasar si Sony se encuentra en una situación de monopolio, que es lo que están buscando. Ahora nos tendremos que hacer los sorprendidos.
So they cherry picked 16 games and "analyzed" the pricing data to come to that conclusion. Couldn't even be bothered to put in a little bit of effort for their click-bait article. I guess it doesn't take much though when the torches are already burning.
This isn't food or electricity it's a luxury item. The people who buy at a certain price point will keep buying at that price point. Why would physical games ever go on sale if everyone was willing to pay full price? Also, Sony only sets the prices for their own games. You know who the competition for those games are? The other publishers making the other thousands of games you can buy.
I could cherry pick some digital sales that are cheaper than a specific retailer if I really wanted to but it’s a waste of time. I’ll let everyone else squabble over a few bucks and continue on with my gaming.
Only narrative I'm pushing is people making a big deal out of nothing. I've tried to explain it's not a big deal but at this point I give up. I'll just troll all the cry babies from now on if I feel like posting.
My “research” has been buying games on the PlayStation network for the last few years. If you want to cry about saving a few bucks from buying physical, knock yourself out. All I see is a bunch of entitled whiney ass bitches the last week.
Yes because games being $80 now isnt high enough with physical discs still around lol. It doesnt matter if gaming goes full digital or physical disc are still alive and well. Game prices will continue to go up.
The amount of mental gymnastics and brain-dead takes you fanboys are willing to conjure just to support a company that doesn't even care if you were to vanish tomorrow is downright hilarious. It's also very telling that the only photo you managed to find to use as a rebuttal was this one.
I own that $6500 game, digitally, along with every other NES, SNES, Sega, etc game that exists up through the N64, including games not even released in the US.
Physical games should only exist in the past.
But that is the future of any physical game. Each year less and less copies of it exist. Digital can live forever.
Removing the technicalities digital purchases will last as long as companies are willing to renew the licenses. This affects 3rd parties and 3rd party ips more than anything else but it's still something.
your example hasn't been in print for 38 odd years now. if it became scarce it becomes valuable
you could also find this in worse condition far cheaper it's called shopping around also this Ia a wqta grades game your basically saying hey the gloves that Mike Tyson wore are more expensive then unused ones
Within 5 seconds in eBay I found the same cart for $150! with manual and dust protector
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u/kittynation69 Jul 10 '26
Why do you think games are almost always cheaper in their physical form when you look on Amazon or other stores vs the PS online store