⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗

life IS all sunshine and rainbows
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[もやし @_moyamoyashi]

Talia Yang
#CyberpunkEdgerunners2

[Janni @HeyImJanni]

Erderwärmung

[Eien @Eien_001_]

Talia

[Ko-ah @ko_ahruru]

Talia Yang #WIP

[⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗ @vilkye_]

imagine having to negotiate to a business as to why you dont need to be killed and thrown into the other heaps of dead businesses. fucking insane.

[nathan @nathanrobii]

if the 80 yr president whos extremely obese wants to give a very long speech in 107 degrees weather i think we should let him

[Clair 🏳️‍⚧️ @Clairmyo]

"Existe a possibilidade dos jogos em geral ficarem mais baratos."

[⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗ @vilkye_]

"invested enough in the ecosystem that they're locked-in for life." what a fucked up stupid take for them to have. playstation genuinely believe users are locked in for life?? anyone who has a brain will get a pc and sail the seven seas. i cant believe playstation omg

[GamesNosh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @GamesNosh]

I'm talking to people - Sony is currently being inundated with emails and messages behind the scenes from smaller publishers and devs voicing their displeasure over the end of physical games.

I'm actually kinda shocked just how much internal backlash there has been to this.

Doubt it'll make a difference, this was apparently a decision made by the money men within the last two months, is 100% influenced by component costs & manufacturing (AI ruining everything again)

They know nobody will buy a $1000+ PS6

They have calculated that the only way the PS6 makes business sense for them right now in terms of margins is to kill both the retail and resale market. Furthermore, they figure people are invested enough in the ecosystem that they're locked-in for life.

They fully expected a huge backlash and took it into account, but they think the anger won't amount to much in terms of real financial losses and are willing to take the PR hit.

Of the 15% of the current PlayStation audience that buy physical, they expect only 2-3% of people not to move over to fully-digital upon being forced.

The money saved by getting rid of the retailer cut, and lost on the reseller market eclipses that 2-3% and makes up for their miniscule profit expected per PS6 sold. (they will not sell it at a loss, but are willing to only make as little as $50 per unit sold)

The only way they'd ever reverse this decision is if the 2-3% of physical audience they expect to lose is instead around 8-10%+

As much as i'd love to see everyone come together and somehow force their hand with a mass boycott, I doubt it will happen.

They have been wanting to kill physical since around 2020, the AI RAMpocalypse has forced their hand.

[Snake Kasane ❤️🇦🇷 @SnakeKasane]

"Ay me da igual, yo no compro juegos en físico."

[jordan @JordanUhl]

My immediate thought was there’s no way, and then I watched the clip….

[BuBBliK @k1rallik]

> be sony
> 2021: shuts down its own movie store
> 2022: deletes 300+ movies people paid for
> 2023: tries to delete all discovery shows
> backs off after backlash
> extension just ran out
> 2026: deletes 551 more movies anyway
> no refunds given
> 2026: destruction allstars servers go dark forever
> fine print says buy does not mean own
> license can be pulled anytime
> sued in california for hiding this
> 2028: physical discs discontinued for good

You never owned any of it. You were renting until they got bored.

[⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗ @vilkye_]

@AnaAllanPoe Oh Ana I’m so so sorry sweetie :( 🫂🫂

[David Freeman @F_DaVid_A]

“Incluso si un juego desaparece de la tienda de GOG, nunca abandona tu biblioteca. Exactamente como debería ser la propiedad digital.”

GOG sacando la polla a pasear.

[Stryxo @Stryxo]

reading any article with news about gaming for the past 48 hours has felt like this

[Nerbit @Nerbit_13098]

This PlayStation and Xbox news today got me like

[⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗ @vilkye_]

@pedroliopires @fakeaspenout @DiscussingFilm yeah thats true, gta 6 was the game to introduce it. people were stupid enough to be content with a case with a code in it

[KennyLauderdale @KennyLauderdal3]

Video Game Company discontinues their popular product, the Video Game.

[Rino🚀 @RinoTheBouncer]

Refuting dumb arguments against physical games🚀

🗣️“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

🗣️“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

🗣️“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 to 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. They hold sentimental value to players and collectors.

Raise your voices, players, game makers, gaming and memorabilia stores. Let us overturn this predatory decision!

Video games are an art form, not just a business and the value players hold for them should be honored and not reduced to a code to redeem and a download to revoke😎

[⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗ @vilkye_]

@Mind5huff1er300 ohh okie i understand

[⫗⋆˚࿔ VΛYΣ ࿔˚⋆⫗ @vilkye_]

Top 10 speeches in any game ever

[Martin-Kun 🇸🇪 @PsychoRender]

Life imitates art sometimes.

Fuck you Sony. 🖕