PlayStation boycott over Sony's disc-free future fails to move the needle

Lol, it won't hurt it in the slightest. PS5P is selling so fast that it can't even stay on shelves, it is out of stock pretty much everywhere lately, and same will be for PS6, because, guess what, Sony exclusives are dynamite. You dumb dumbs go ahead and boycott it, the couple hundred of you, while the rest of us are enjoying gaming bliss.
Just not true I'm afraid... The pro is selling as people try to get the last disk console before the all-digital future and for GTA-6 after that it's going to be grim times as per the non-pro.

 
When PS4 went X86 I thought going forward all Playstation consoles would be fully backwards compatible. Locking out discs would be a bad move for consumer loyalty. The PS2 was popular because many people could play their existing PS1 library. PS6 being digital only would be a big FU to all gamers they've gained since the PS4-PS5 generation. Also the amount of parents that buy physical for children is still large market. I guess Switch 2 will dominate console sales for the next 5 years+.

PC + Steam is still the best way.
 
You do know that the PS5P is all digital unless you buy an external one separately...
I do. I just had a look for stats on sales of PS5's to get some idea about how many people are happy with a purely digital future. Given the original PS5 was always available with or without a drive this would be a really good indicator of what the public want wouldn't it?
The only article I could find was from 2 years ago, but I don't think peoples preferences will have magically changed in 2 years and by then 60 million PS5's had been sold so 2/3 of all sold even now. Guess how many of those 60 million elected to spend the extra money to get full-fat disk-based version?... 48 million or 82%.

People aren't just spending that extra money for the hell of it. They do so because they want to buy, play and even sell their games (that they actually own). This nonsense Sony are trying to peddle that people only want digital is horsesh1t. Sony don't want it because they want to fully control the distribution pricing and profits. Buy from our overpriced store (sorry lease) and if you're lucky we'll still let you play the game in a couple of years but don't think you can sell it or give it to a friend etc

So given that 82% of people bought a disk based machine when given the choice are you really still saying that it won't change the numbers when the only option is digital?

 
I do. I just had a look for stats on sales of PS5's to get some idea about how many people are happy with a purely digital future. Given the original PS5 was always available with or without a drive this would be a really good indicator of what the public want wouldn't it?
The only article I could find was from 2 years ago, but I don't think peoples preferences will have magically changed in 2 years and by then 60 million PS5's had been sold so 2/3 of all sold even now. Guess how many of those 60 million elected to spend the extra money to get full-fat disk-based version?... 48 million or 82%.

People aren't just spending that extra money for the hell of it. They do so because they want to buy, play and even sell their games (that they actually own). This nonsense Sony are trying to peddle that people only want digital is horsesh1t. Sony don't want it because they want to fully control the distribution pricing and profits. Buy from our overpriced store (sorry lease) and if you're lucky we'll still let you play the game in a couple of years but don't think you can sell it or give it to a friend etc

So given that 82% of people bought a disk based machine when given the choice are you really still saying that it won't change the numbers when the only option is digital?

LOL, believe what you want, I am done with this conversation, you're hopelessly stupid and I can't argue against that cuz it's true.
 
Looks like the "boycott" remained largely unnoticed.
If the vast majority is not interested in physical media, Sony has no reason to maintain the technology.
If the assessment that the vast vast majority is not interested is wrong, that's an opportunity for someone else.
Yes. Getting rid of a measurable percentage of your sales is always a great strategy... 🤦‍♂️
 
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