sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoSony Abandons Social Media for 24 Hours+ After Controversially Killing Physical Gameswww.pushsquare.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down12
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkSony Abandons Social Media for 24 Hours+ After Controversially Killing Physical Gameswww.pushsquare.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·4 hours agoDiscs were already kinda starting to push their limits as far as their storage capacity on a single disc, it wouldn’t.be profitable with modern AAA games for much longer anyway IMO. 100GB bluray would be like 10-20 bucks on the raw disc alone IIRC
minus-squarexyguy@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoBlu ray discs cost pennies to manufacture, especially at scale. Also, Sony owns the blu ray IP. Also also, if they gave a fuck they could just ship 2 discs in a box. Like they did at the tail end of the xbox 360 days. They’d just rather not deal with it anymore.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 hours agoPlus no one buys physical games anyway.
Discs were already kinda starting to push their limits as far as their storage capacity on a single disc, it wouldn’t.be profitable with modern AAA games for much longer anyway IMO. 100GB bluray would be like 10-20 bucks on the raw disc alone IIRC
Blu ray discs cost pennies to manufacture, especially at scale.
Also, Sony owns the blu ray IP.
Also also, if they gave a fuck they could just ship 2 discs in a box. Like they did at the tail end of the xbox 360 days.
They’d just rather not deal with it anymore.
Plus no one buys physical games anyway.