@JustLewish This is NOT about the call. Wether it should have been a red or not is not the discussion. Bad calls get made all the time, but EVERY team has to deal with them. Reversing these decisions via a very dubious rule implementation through political backchannels is bad for football
I'm talking to people - Sony is currently being inundated with emails and messages behind the scenes from smaller publishers and devs voicing their displeasure over the end of physical games.
I'm actually kinda shocked just how much internal backlash there has been to this.
Doubt it'll make a difference, this was apparently a decision made by the money men within the last two months, is 100% influenced by component costs & manufacturing (AI ruining everything again)
They know nobody will buy a $1000+ PS6
They have calculated that the only way the PS6 makes business sense for them right now in terms of margins is to kill both the retail and resale market. Furthermore, they figure people are invested enough in the ecosystem that they're locked-in for life.
They fully expected a huge backlash and took it into account, but they think the anger won't amount to much in terms of real financial losses and are willing to take the PR hit.
Of the 15% of the current PlayStation audience that buy physical, they expect only 2-3% of people not to move over to fully-digital upon being forced.
The money saved by getting rid of the retailer cut, and lost on the reseller market eclipses that 2-3% and makes up for their miniscule profit expected per PS6 sold. (they will not sell it at a loss, but are willing to only make as little as $50 per unit sold)
The only way they'd ever reverse this decision is if the 2-3% of physical audience they expect to lose is instead around 8-10%+
As much as i'd love to see everyone come together and somehow force their hand with a mass boycott, I doubt it will happen.
They have been wanting to kill physical since around 2020, the AI RAMpocalypse has forced their hand.
@_NiaTheGreat First half was great, second half really bad imo. Milly is a great Supergirl with alot of potential, the script in this movie was just completely absent sadly.
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@ddhaan@SawyerMerritt Klopt! Ben fout. Geldt voor het hele Belgische grondgebied, ik verwijder mijn originele comment. Ook "Research VTM NIEUWS" kan eens een fout maken, zelfs wij zijn maar mensen! ;)
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