Day 4 of the PlayStation Blackout🚀
Let’s refuse some of the weak arguments against physical games:
🗣️“You just want physical games for nostalgia”
✅No. Physical games represent:
A) Ownership
B) Competitive pricing
C) Second hand market & trading
D) No reliance on networks & internet
E) Not tied to a user account
F) Playable worldwide without region lock
G) Collectible value
🗣️“85% of players buy digital”
✅15% or even 5% in this industry is still millions of people bringing in hundreds of millions of not billions o revenue.
Statistics from around the world have also shown us that in the UK, France, Japan and Australia, physical game sales go higher than %40 and %50 for games like Resident Evil and Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
🗣️“Nobody buys physical games”
✅Several physical games go out of stock for weeks, or ship with a disc that requires downloading more.
Physical games don’t lack interest, they lack genuine support.
🗣️“Netflix and Spotify ended movie and music Blu-Rays and CDs”
✅Movies are still being sold on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD Blu-Rays, and music is still released on CDs, vinyl records and even collectible cassette tapes that actually work, despite being far smaller and less demanding than video games which can go over 100GB.
Artists sell multiple variants of the same vinyl and CD to boost sales.
🗣️“I haven’t bought a physical game for 10 years! It’s obsolete”
✅Your experience with games does not automatically reflect everyone else’s. If you don’t care, don’t get in the way.
🗣️“It’s expensive to make games on disc”
✅Games won’t be cheaper when man all digital. You will pay the same price for a glorified rental that can be taken any time due to licensing agreements or account loss/suspension.
🗣️“You’re too broke, you want to buy second hand and resell games”
✅Being a bootlicker for corporations that don’t know you exist, does not make you any less broke than those you accuse and posture in front of behind a keyboard
Physical games should always be an option. Video games are far more than just a file to download or “access” to gain.
In addition to all the benefits, they hold sentimental value to players and collectors.
NO DISC 💿 NO BUY
Parts of the world are in day 4 of the #PSBlackout now!
We are really happy how far this has spread. Mainstream media still has an eye on it, and players are discussing it across all platforms. Even in places nobody officially announced it at. No playing, no buying! Keep it up!
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