⚠️ Sony's decision to drop physical games for PlayStation from January 2028 could kill the $7.2 billion used-game market. Dataintelo reports 42.3% of this market's revenue comes from consoles, and...

⚠️ Sony's decision to drop physical games for PlayStation from January 2028 could kill the $7.2 billion used-game market. Dataintelo reports 42.3% of this market's revenue comes from consoles, and 36.8% from North America alone. Analysts say traditional retail is DOOMED without an alternative, gamers lose savings and retro access.

The market could've hit $13.8B by 2034, but now risks fading into OBLIVION 💀

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chaotic_disorganizer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 43d

Somebody could make a lot of money by figuring out how to retrofit a Disc drive to modern consoles...

CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 43d

This is the point. Publishers make nothing from resale.