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> Sony does not fully abide by these rules. If you buy a digital game or in-game content, Sony will only ensure that you can do so through its own PlayStation S
by keoneflick 2mo ago
> Sony does not fully abide by these rules. If you buy a digital game or in-game content, Sony will only ensure that you can do so through its own PlayStation Store.
I have assumed that retail locations will continue to sell game codes, just not game disks, post disks going away. Currently there are games from like Just Dance that only include a game code in the retail box rather than game CD because of the way the game works (you're buying a dlc more than a game).
Maybe I'm wrong, but I would be surprised if PlayStation completely goes away from retail, for reasons including anti-trust, but also to encourage stocking the physical PS6 console.
- axus 2mo agoUnlike a disc, you can't use the code without going through the PlayStation Store. And you likely cannot resell it, either. You can't buy a non-Sony PlayStation, I guess they'll argue it's similar.
- derektank 2mo agoIt does seem like a reasonable middle ground would be something like selling a dongle that provides PIV attestation of ownership, that could be resold and could even be used across platforms. Of course, there’s no incentive for the console manufacturers to offer this.
- axus 2mo agoThat would be kind of impressive if Sony had a "used digital games" marketplace and took a cut of every trade, without sending any to the publisher.
- llukas 2mo agoGame cartridges but with TPM inside? What is not to like?
- MiroslavPokorny 2mo agoGame carts have always had "special chips" within them. The NES and SNES for example had their famous lockout chips which gave Nintendo a monopoly on releasing games, except for the Activision/EA thing were they reversed engineered the chips.
- BadBadJellyBean 2mo agoYou wouldn't even need a dongle if your license wasn't permanently bound to one account. It's not hard to transfer a license, but it's very undesirable for Sony, Microsoft, Valve, etc...
- CivBase 2mo agoWhy on earth would I go to a game store to buy a code?
- keoneflick 2mo agoBecause they have a better price?
- MiroslavPokorny 2mo agoFor how long ?
- aurareturn 2mo agoHow can a physical store that pays rent possibly beat a website that costs $10/month to host?
- parski 2mo agoThe physical stores already beat that website despite offering physical discs in physical cases.
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- SR2Z 2mo agoBecause the margin on digital goods is effectively 100%. As long as a retailer can secure a license for less than the publisher directly charges customers, they can undercut the publisher and still make a profit. At least in theory. I'm not sure GS is making it through this decade, because it doesn't seem like there's enough volume to make that work.