Sony is currently charging $70 for God of War Ragnarok digitally. It is $32 at Wal-Mart. The game is 4 years old.
People will no longer have options after 2028 and will HAVE to go directly to Sony’s digital storefront and pay whatever PlayStation says.
Let's say the PS6 is a digital only console (pretty much guaranteed now) and 20yrs after it's release you wanna get a game for the PS6 but they've shut down the store just like they did for the PS3/Vita. What are you going to do?
You can't go to a gamestop, a pawn shop, a flea market, ebay or whatever. This is planned obsolescence in its' final form. PlayStation now has 100% control over how you buy and play a game.
Your boy wanna sell you a game for cheap? Can't do that, gotta buy full price on PSN. Wanna give your boy a game to check out? too bad, he's gotta buy it for $70 on PSN.
This is terrible for videogame preservation and consumer rights
Lui tous les 3 mois il doit dire un truc nazi pour renouveler son abonnement en racisme de peur que son camp le confonde avec un migrant afghan et le dégage du groupe ptdrrr
Et voilà, c’est terminé. Le jeu vidéo a officiellement atteint son âge sombre
Fini les jeux d’occasion, fini de prêter ses jeux à des potes, fini pour les revendeurs spécialisés…
Bienvenue dans un monde où les jeux à 70 € ne baisseront plus JAMAIS de prix et peuvent disparaître au bout de 10 à 15 ans.