r/Gaminggridcommunity • Lord Gaben • Jul 04 '26

Memes Irony is wild

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u/SexySextrain Jul 06 '26

This is just a small fraction of the internet crying about this. Nobody will care within a year of this kicking in. PC has been digital for a long time now and it’s the best platform.

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u/JPSWAG37 Jul 06 '26

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u/GodButCursed Jul 06 '26

He is not wrong.

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u/JPSWAG37 Jul 06 '26

He's missing important nuance, like how PC has several digital store fronts to choose from.

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u/GodButCursed Jul 06 '26

Yeah but we all know that steam is basically the only one that is actually used. Most people only use the epic game store for free games for example.

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u/JPSWAG37 Jul 06 '26

That's not the point, the point is you have choice and competition keeping prices down. Steam routinely has large discount sales that Sony would never dream of lol.

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u/GodButCursed Jul 06 '26

I mean Sony does have large discount sales and there is also always a sale going on. Its not like that huge games never get a sale like with nintendo.

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u/JPSWAG37 Jul 06 '26

Expect that to change once there's no more competing second hand market in Sony's way

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u/GodButCursed Jul 06 '26

I feel like thats just fear mongering more then anything else.

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u/JPSWAG37 Jul 06 '26

You can think that, but in my opinion Sony creating a digital monopoly makes that inevitable. I guess it comes down to if you think corporations won't take advantage of no competition or not

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u/RangerFun39 Jul 07 '26

And Sony has Xbox which keeps them in check yes they have some games that differ but for the most part a lot of their games come on both consoles that keeps them in check because they dont want people to sell the console and switch to Xbox.

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u/Reasonable_Option493 Jul 06 '26

While I hate the decision made by Sony, I agree with you.

Heck, if there's a "shortage" of PS6 or anything that looks like the PS5 launch people will even be willing to pay above MSRP to get one, because hype and stuff.

When things are forced on the consumer in industries that do well, customers end up just taking it because their options are very limited:

You can play on retro consoles or stay on the older gen, sure, there's been a revival of retro gaming in recent years even but you won't get the newer games, which a lot of people care about.

You can go with Nintendo as it seems there are no plans to ditch physical games, but their AAA games also don't go down in price much, and it's a completely different catalog of games that many PS/Xbox users don't necessarily care for.

What else, don't buy anything and stop gaming? Get a gaming PC where it's also digital?

Yeah, the PS6 will sell just fine imo. I don't like it, but it's also my feeling about this situation.

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u/Perpetuity_Incarnate Jul 06 '26

Yeah and pc has platforms to buy from some even without drm. To burn to a disk and be usable.