Jonas

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[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@EldenRingAlert First of all, they should release PS4/5 and Xbox Physical Versions of Tarnished Edition with all Content on Disc, and if their next big Game releases 2028 or beyond i will buy it on PC

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

We love #physicalmedia and the second hand market

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@vilenblood @PlayStation Whatever yoko taro is working on right now could be digital only, i dont even want to think about that possibility, but here we are

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@thunderba11r Thanks for the link though

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@thunderba11r "no longer available"

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@thunderba11r whaaat? do you have a link? i dont trust tiktok shop but this looks good

[Graftic @Graftical]

if online age verification, digital media only, and ai data centers are the future then i lowkey dont even wanna live in the future

[Loot Box Gaming @LootBoxGamingUS]

We received this reply from one our industry contacts, whose word we trust VERY MUCH.

[Edu🎮RPG @E_Souls27]

No dudéis ni por un segundo que la próxima jugada maestra de PlayStation será hacer esto

[Rino🚀 @RinoTheBouncer]

Do you know what happens when gaming turns fully digital? They will eventually pressure you to remain subscribed to PlayStation Plus🚀

They will turn gaming into a subscription service, where instead of buying a game once, you pay for it for the rest of your life.

Adobe did it, Microsoft Office did it, Apple did it, and so will they.

So the crusade to preserve physical media isn’t just about discs, but the preservation of games as one individual unit to be owned by its user for life, without the ability of the producer to change or remove it.

You may argue that Game Pass is not successful, but when PlayStation has monopoly over the gaming market, they can force you into a subscription service like they’re now taking away any chance for alternative options to buy games.

Vote with your voices, vote with your wallets, vote with the law💪🏼

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

Dark Souls 3 Playtime (670+ Hours) is gone, not listed as played, its real, also before the dlc release i bought the sote edition digitally, and they just took away the time i spent on the disc version and only counted the digital playtime

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@PS_Support_UK my greatest gaming moment was cancelling my ps plus subscription today

[NIB @nib95_]

Seen several quote #PlayStation's 78% digital full game sales, thus omitting important context.

That figure includes countless digital only releases, from back catalogue to indie games etc. Even Capcom revealed 84% of its sales were "older catalog titles", many of which are only available digitally.

So using such data is somewhat misleading.

To gauge REAL physical demand you need to look at splits of games that released both physical AND digital only. Thanks to the Insomniac leaks, we have such data on PS first party games.

Playstation Physical / Digital splits

Sackboy - 77% / 23%
R&C Rift Apart - 76% / 24%
Ghost of Tsushima DC - 71% / 29%
Demon's Souls - 70% / 30%
Miles Morales - 66% / 34%
Spider-Man - 66% / 34%
Returnal - 61% / 39%
The Last of Us 2 - 61% / 39%
Ghost of Tsushima - 51% / 49%
MLB The Show 21 - 39% / 61%

So per Sony's own internal data, 31/33 first party games from their chart sold more PHYSICAL than they did digital.

Uncharted 4 actually has an insane 83% physical split.

Granted it only covers through to a few months into 2022, but we can see from other more recent data, things haven't drastically changed. For example GSD data shows ~60% of Astro Bot sales across Europe were physical.

So what skews revenue and data more digital, beyond digital only releases and platforms? The answer is games with LIVE SERVICE components, especially multiplatform ones.

As you can see from Sony's internal data, MLB has the highest digital split, and it's a live service game.

Generally the highly popular live service or annualised games such as Call of Duty, NBA 2K, FIFA etc, have higher digital splits, as gamers are constantly launching them (often daily) and don't want to be constantly switching discs, thus skewing digital/physical splits.

It's very different to single player games which are shorter and have different play and consumer trends. So again, context matters.

Then there's a MASSIVE audience of gamers that aren't even accounted for in any of this data; the countless consumers that buy and sell used physical games, because they simply can't afford as many new games, but still buy/own consoles, accessories, games, services etc. Everything from poor parents, kids etc.

Ultimately, the data rejects the notion physical is dead or meaningless, even if digital accounts for the overall lionshare of revenue/sales, especially when you look at things with the proper context and/or focus on single player tentpole games, which is PlayStation's bread and butter.

Keep in mind platforms make a 15% licensing fee from third parties on physical games, while they get a 30% cut on digital.

Likewise first party lose a 30% cut to retailers on physical, while they keep all of the revenue on digital.

As I said before, this move to kill physical is more about PlayStation trying to make far more profit and squeeze away the last remnants of consumer ownership, control, flexibility and resale, and could have greater negative market ramifications.

[ClankStarr 🇦🇲 @ClankStarr]

I am officially boycotting all Sony products EXCEPT physical discs until this decision is reversed.

I will NOT be seeing the Spider-Man movie in theaters. #DestroyPlayStation

[Evan 🌑 @NTG_882]

Getting rid of this literally is anti art

[VGP Video Games Plus @VideoGamesPlus_]

Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/tBAaBWt4QA via @CdnChange

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@fromsoftware_pr @ELDENRING @BandaiNamcoEU
Please release PS5/4 and Xbox Series Versions of Tarnished Edition with all Content on Disc before 2028.
I will gladly buy the Game again if everything is on Disc

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

@PlayStation No, i will not renew it

[Jonas @Jonas005_]

Lucatiel of Mirrah WIP