'End of an era': Players lament decline of the disc at Gamescom
Sony’s move follows a decade-long shift to digital sales, while a petition drew nearly 1.3 million signatures and a Dutch consumer group sued.
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'End of an era': Players lament decline of the disc at Gamescom
"It's a bad decision," British developer Chris Bastin, 34, told AFP. "It's the end of an era. I wish it wasn't." While Sony's announcement in early July to stop releasing games on discs came as a bombshell for gamers, the economics of the industry meant the decision was long in the making, Joost van Dreunen, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, told AFP. "Digital distribution has been a replacement very much of physical…
Anyone who plays computer and video games on the PC is already used to the fact that there are no physical data carriers anymore. 99 percent of the games purchased here are downloads according to game, the association of the games industry. And that's for some time now as the view of the Statista graphics shows. This is different with consoles. Users of PlayStation, Xbox or Switch buy new video games mostly on CD or as modules. (Continue reading)
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