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80 "Dynamic pricing it is", "prices will surely go up", "this is anti-consumer": the internet reacts with outrage and despair to PlayStation killing off physical media

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Dom Peppiatt @ Eurogamer.net 2 place · today 11:15 EDT

"Dynamic pricing it is", "prices will surely go up", "this is anti-consumer": the internet reacts with outrage and despair to PlayStation killing off physical media

Today, Sony announced that it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games starting in January 2028, citing "consumer preferences" for the reason it's going all-in on digital. The reaction, unsurprisingly, has been pretty bad across the internet and the indsutry at large. Read more

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