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People don't get the console difference I have a PS4 I can buy the game digitally from Sony I can buy the digital code which activates on PS4 from Amazon or
by haunter 6y ago
People don't get the console difference
I have a PS4
I can buy the game digitally from Sony
I can buy the digital code which activates on PS4 from Amazon or sometimes even straight from
the publisher
I can buy a physical copy from countless retail stores both off and online from Walmart to
BestBuy to Amazon to Gamestop
I can sell my used physical copy on Facebook Marketplace, Ebay, or Craigslist
This is the difference. And it's much bigger than people realize.
- pwinnski 6y agoEvery one of those other than the used physical copy involves a large cut to Sony. It is true, there is no physical media for Android or iOS purchases.
- lowbloodsugar 6y agoI have a PS4 I can pay Sony to take a cut from the developer. I can pay Amazon and Sony to take a cut from the developer. I can pay retail stores to take a 50% or more cut, and then Sony takes a cut. I can regain some of the cut that I paid to a retail store, so that the developer gets nothing, by selling it on Ebay or craigslist. You are always buying the game from Sony, and Sony is always getting their cut. Your options are whether to involve other rent seekers or to just fuck over the developers completely.