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[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

Não tão rápido!

UNBOXING DO PODEROSO E DESRESPEITOSO PS5 PRO + INSTALAÇÃO DE DRIVE DE DISCO:

#PS5Pro

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[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

Quer dizer então que passei o domingo inteiro controlando dano atoa? Na mora Sony vai se foder cansei dessa porra! 7 mil num console que não vem nem leitor NEM A DROGA DE UMA BASE VERTICAL!

CANSEI DE SER OTÁRIO!

VENDO PS5, R$2200 LEVA! Ainda vai com Spider-Man 2 e Stellar Blade

[MAXESPORT @MaxEsportGG]

COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL 📢

En réponse aux récentes tendances de l'industrie gaming vers le tout-numérique, Maxesport a décidé de prendre les devants.

À partir de 2028, nous cesserons définitivement la vente de périphériques physiques. Toutes nos souris ultra-légères et nos claviers magnétiques seront supprimés du stock et disponibles exclusivement sous forme de fichiers JPEG haute définition, envoyés directement par mail.

Après un grand total de 5 minutes de recherches, il est clair que nos clients veulent posséder leurs images de périphériques.

Nous vous remercions pour votre compréhension et vous souhaitons la bienvenue dans la nouvelle ère de Maxesport.

— L'équipe Maxesport

[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

Cabo Verde🇨🇻

[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

@SucumbaGames @STRIMANDO

[NikoTB aka Le Propagandeur NXT @NikoTB_]

C'est de mieux en mieux

Alors que Sony et Rockstar annoncent la mort du physique et du jeu HORS LIGNE

EA en parallèle fait face à un soucis de connexion à deux facteurs... empêchant les joueurs de jouer à leur jeux dématérialisés (puisque inaccessibles hors ligne sans connexion contrairement aux versions CD)

Nan vraiment les timings de la vie parfois, faut juste s'assoir et applaudir 😂

[MBG @xMBGx]

Just to show you how scummy Sony is being with this news.

They anticipated their numbers would drop through people protesting/boycotting by canceling Ps Plus and pre-orders but they won't have to show their numbers to investors until the end of September.

Their next earnings call is July 31st however it only covers up to June 30th. They planned this out perfectly to drop it on July 1st for this very reason. The numbers dip early July, they have over 2 months to watch them HOPEFULLY recover as the deperate gamers crawl back and the investors see that Sony moving away from physical games didn't hurt anything.

Keep this is mind as we move forward. Sony is betting on you caving and crawling back to them in the coming weeks. Oh and so are the investors.

[Digital Foundry @digitalfoundry]

"PS5 Will Be My Last Console": After 45K Votes, 86% of DF Viewers Say Sony Should Reconsider Killing Physical Games. https://t.co/TUUoaaejNM

[Does it play? @DoesItPlay1]

Everyone is talking about the digital-physical-split percentages. So we will too!

The TL;DR: Most of what has been parroted about consumer preference is wildly exaggerated at best, or a mix of a bad faith campaign and severe negligence at worst.

Sony has announced the death of physical media because of "changing consumer trends". Most of us can already smell the bullshit it in this fake excuse. It is when we take a closer look that we discover just how much of a lie that statement really is.

Let's start by scrutinizing the most repeated number lately: 85 % of sales are digital.

This number exists. But in what context?

It comes from the Fiscal Year Q4 report for 2025. ONLY IN THIS QUARTER did we get this number. The overall percentage for the entire year 2025 is "only" 78 %.

Still sounds bad. Where is the lie, then?

It comes with what both sides include. The digital part also accounts for digital-only games. AKA products which didn't give a choice to the customer. You could either add to the digital tally or not play these games at all. This alone should show you how they use statistics to deceive the public.

But we are not done.

If you look at honest comparisons, like those we got through the infamous Insomniac leaks in 2022, or certain market reports from the UK more recently, you will find games that even sell predominantly physical. Many of which are Sony's own first party titles. So their games sell more physical copies, but they still dare to use consumer preference as the excuse.

Not convinced?

Let's look at the even broader picture. Researching online we can find an infographic illustrating the development of the physical-digital split over the years. Admittedly, there is a constant decline for the physical share. Abysmal even in the years up to 2020. HOWEVER, in recent years the year on year decline has slowed down and has almost reached a stable plateau.

Oh, and have we mentioned that the vaaaaaaast majority of all players own a console that can read discs? 82 % is the number floating around online. We take a page out of Sony's book and just run with it for now. Only, let's add that even the other 18 % might not be digital-only die-hards. After all, there were times when both the disc console and the detachable disc drive were sold out at some point.

What would you say does that show about consumer preference?

Less than 18 % actually prefer digital.

Just with a little research we have come from "85 % prefer digital" to "less than a fifth of the customer base actually does".

So why does Sony push for a change? You know by now. Money!

Multiple areas they benefit in in an all-digital future:

1) Margins for digital games are simply better. The save the entire overhead for physical production, logistics, customer service/returns, retailer cuts, etc.

2) This is the big one: The death of the second hand market. Or at least they think that's beneficial, if they ignore the facts that second hand buyers can also contribute to digital revenue, and they help with discoverability/word of mouth advertising. We wouldn't be surprised if this comes back to haunt Sony.

3) Pricing monopoly: They set the prices. They decide discounts. They decide the number of sales that happen, if any.

The key word is REVENUE!

Because that is another great opportunity to play with alarming numbers. The revenue percentage split between digital and physical makes the gap look even wider, of course. Despite selling almost 70 million physical copies, that area generated relatively low revenue. It accounts for only a little over 10 % of the revenue generated by game sales.

That's the moment when "reliable" analysts and "quality" media could formulate headlines like "Physical media is dying - Makes up only 10 %". But that's not alarmist enough. They can do one "better".

You might ask, "But DoesItPlay?, why do I see people claim that the gaming space is over 95 % digital?"

Let's reveal the most evil trick of them all, shall we?

Let's take a look at that FY 2025 report again. The overall category is called "Game Software". In here (and subsequently in the blogs of the anti-physical crowd) the biggest lie materializes. "Game Software" does not only include digital and physical game sales. It also accounts for ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL CONTENT (expansions, in-game currency, microtransactions of all sorts) and "Other Software", which is not even specified as to what that could be exactly. If we now lump all of this together and check the percentage of physical game revenue, we land at roughly 4,7 %.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the single biggest gaslighting this industry has pulled on you when it comes to lying about consumer preference.

It was never about consumer preference. It was about maximizing profits and control over what should be rightfully yours after a purchase.

[Hunter 🎮 @NextGenPlayer]

PlayStation has abandoned all social media for over 24 hours after announcing the end of physical games

“This isn’t the first time Sony quit social media: it took a 72-hour timeout following the closure of Bluepoint earlier this year.”

▶️ https://t.co/xrxdwXrgOa

[NikTek @NikTek]

The importance of physical dics explained by Sony themselves, 13 years ago.

[MBG @xMBGx]

It's hard to say at the moment if Sony will reverse their decision regarding ending physical disc games.

People have been asking me if there's something they can do right now that can change the data & possibly influence Sony's decision. There is.

Cancel any digital pre-orders you have, then pre-order it/buy it physically.

This is the most direct action that will yield immediate bottom line data driven results that Sony can't ignore.

We have that power right now and Sony is hoping you either won't be aware of that or won't care so they can have complete control.

[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

@PlaysiLounge https://t.co/2c0Huqc8D0

[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.

[Sucumba Games @SucumbaGames]

A Gamer Hut, uma das maiores lojas de games do Brasil e da América Latina, iniciou um movimento para mostrar à Sony e a qualquer outra empresa da indústria que o interesse pela mídia física continua firme e forte, mesmo representando uma parcela menor dos consumidores.

“Isso também significa que ainda existem 20% de jogadores que valorizam a mídia física. E nós somos esses 20%. A Gamer Hut continuará comercializando e defendendo esse formato, porque mídia física é posse, coleção, memória e liberdade para guardar, emprestar ou revender.” destacou a @GamerHutStore em seu comunicado.

O YouTuber Sidão do Game Sidão do Game (@sidao_sidney) postou um Story apoiando o movimento.

Nós, da Sucumba Games, também nos posicionamos contra o fim da mídia física e reforçamos esse compromisso ao nos unirmos à Gamer Hut na campanha #WeAreThe20.

Queremos mostrar que, mesmo sendo minoria, somos consumidores fiéis, que acreditam no direito de escolher entre o digital e o físico. Defendemos jogos que realmente pertençam ao jogador,mais baratos, acessíveis, a preservação do conteúdo para as próximas gerações e a continuidade das mídias físicas como parte da história dos videogames.

Porque mídia física não é apenas um formato: é propriedade, preservação e liberdade. 💿

[MBG @xMBGx]

When Sony closed Bluepoint they went silent on all of their socials for days. Why?

The expect the "noise" to die down & for everyone to go back to not caring. To just move on.

They are praying for this right now. Keep this in mind as we go into the rest of this week/month.

[Domino's Pizza UK @Dominos_UK]

BREAKING NEWS

[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

@_Deez_Games

[Gyo @GyoJvfr]

Je prends la responsabilité de lancer une nouvelle pétition, bien plus importante que le seul cas de GTA 6.

Aujourd'hui, Sony annonce la fin des nouveaux jeux PlayStation sur disque à partir de 2028.

Ce n'est pas seulement une décision commerciale.

➡️ C'est l'avenir du jeu vidéo physique.
➡️ C'est l'avenir du marché de l'occasion.
➡️ Ce sont des milliers d'emplois concernés.
➡️ C'est notre droit de prêter, revendre, donner et conserver nos jeux.

Nous demandons aux pouvoirs publics français et européens de se saisir de ce dossier avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

✍️ Signez la pétition et partagez-la : [ https://t.co/Pqz6v0g8HM ]

Le jeu vidéo est aujourd'hui la première industrie culturelle au monde. Son avenir mérite un véritable débat public.

[Talky CTR51 @TalkyCtr51]

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