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[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation's capital.

This is America's 250th anniversary. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

[Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson]

Wishing You a Blessed Fourth 🙏🏾🇺🇸
Much Love, UNCLE SAM

[Andrew Barber @fakeshoredrive]

Everyone please rise for the singing of our national anthem 🇺🇸 🎆 🦅

[Canadian Guy Eh @Canadianguyehh]

Did more digging.

It gets worse.

I decided to compare, isolating the PS5 Platform as a comparison. How many more digital exclusive games are there? and does it correlate with the 85% number?

There are, at this point in time, about 1,120 PRINTED PS5 games (give or take). We are going to assume, that all 1,120 of those games also have a digital counterpart.

I went to the PSN store and simply clicked PS5 Platform and games. So this does not include DLC, MTX, etc. The total? 7,590 games.

But what about free to play?

Lets exclude those, this brings the total down to 7,451 games on the PSN store sorted specifically for the PS5. I want to note, this would be a COMPLETE PS5 library (thus far).

So, simple Math

7,451 - 1,120 = 6,331.

There are 6,331 MORE games on the PSN store than what's PHYSICALLY PRINTED For the PS5. That is 5.65x MORE games. These are all games that sell for 1 dollar, all the way up to your 100$+ digital special editions. If you Buy Final Fantasy Rebirth for 69.99 physically, go home, and buy "Quack McStuffins" for a dollar on PSN, those quantity of numbers are treated as equal.

and it gets even funnier.

Lets take that digital catalogue of 6,331 games and divide it by that complete library number (7,451) and turn it into a percentage.

6,331 divided by 7,451 = 84.96%

Meaning? almost 85% of the PS5's available library is DIGITAL ONLY. Ironic how 85% of Playstation's sales are digital eh?

So, what's happening here?

"All digital" defenders are using False Equivalency, and an Availability bias to gaslight users into thinking that no one plays physical anymore and to "get with the times" in the digital era.

Playstation themselves stated "This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs." But this logic is ONLY sound if you apply a False Equivalency.

ALL OF THIS- Before we even take into account of the insomniac leaks back in 2022, which showed that 31 out of the 33 first party games sold MORE in Physical than Digital. And in recent memory, Astrobot selling around 55% physical vs Digital.

So, why are they doing this?

Because MONEY!

Playstation makes WAY more money if you buy the game digitally vs Physically. So playstation is using the backing of convenience, Digital Incentives, indie/AA teams, Mini-Games, and yes, AI Slop, to validate jamming gamers who prefer Physical games with a hot poker into a 100% digital era.

[Hikiko is a Disc Man 📀 @HikikomoriMedia]

For those who were wondering if Sony was going to backpedal on discs after the backlash, here's your answer. Repurpose your money elsewhere.

[House of the Dragon @HouseofDragon]

Blood is thicker than water. #DemDragons

[Avataryaya➡️ CEO 2026 @avataryaya_]

yeah 30 days to reverse this no physicals shit

[Autistic Lauren 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @Autistic_Lauren]

Remember that SpongeBob episode where King Neptune made thousands of patties at once using magic and they tasted like slop, whilst SpongeBob’s single patty tasted amazing because it was made with love and dedication?

This is a post about AI

[HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN]

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Eventually, even digital data will no longer be owned by individuals on their own initiative. Whenever there is a major change or accident in the world, in a country, in a government, in an idea, in a trend, access to it may suddenly be cut off.

[Kala Elizabeth @kalaelizabeth]

You'll pay the same price as before except now you won't own shit! No discs, just empty boxes with codes. When playstation removes your games from the catalog like they are in the process of doing with 500 paid movies you'll get nothing. You'll own nothing.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

PlayStation is ending production of physical game discs for all new games, starting January 2028.

From that date, new games will be available in digital formats only.

[James Bullock @fasjab]

@infamousbxdon Who is "we"? Samurai is amazing. I haven't seen a Lupe fan that's hated on Samurai.

[ryan @itsashotgunbaby]

Mamdani's term was going a little too well so they had to introduce low level RPG enemies to NYC

[Damn Yankee 💯 🇺🇲 🦅 @damnnyankee1776]

When that motherfucker back there is not real.

[DEI LA SOUL OF MISCHIEF 🏆 @Slackonbothsydz]

Listened to Reasonable Doubt front to back yesterday. The arrogance, the total self belief in every line, from the very first song is what's largely missing in hip-hop today especially from debut artists.

[Caroline Renard @carolinerenard_]

France should be able to afford the AC with all that money they stole from Haiti.

[Zerigala @Zerigala69]

I'm CRYING Wolves really got COVID test, paternity test, and driving test on the same team 😭

[That Rabbit Guy @Son_ImSleep]

A song that was supposed to feature the 3 biggest rappers out, ended up separating them forever lmao poetic irony

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

I’ve never seen this much packed into 21 words

[GBR @GayBearRes]

Domestic US vacations 😢

The value just isn’t there anymore.