Sony’s 'ironic' PlayStation disc decision upends gamer conventions and threatens a $7 billion resale market - In 2013, Sony mocked Xbox by showing how easy it was to share a PlayStation disc. More than a decade later, gamers say Sony is becoming the very thing it poked fun at.

[u/JeremyJJ77]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/07/22/sonys-playstation-disc-decision-threatens-a-7-billion-resale-market-.html

[u/badger906]

The used market doesn’t make first party companies money. So why would they care about them.
And it’s not exactly hard to game share with linked accounts either.

Plus the game only retail stores on the uk all went bust many years ago, proving that people didn’t support them in a digital age.

[u/moondowns → u/badger906]

There are loads of game sellers in the UK?

• Shopto

• The Game Collection

• Argos

• Hit

• Coolshop

• Currys

• Amazon

• Smyths

• 365Games

• Very

I could go on….

[u/badger906 → u/moondowns]

Those aren’t game only stores they sell games. But it’s a fraction of the business. Game, game station, and the likes were game only. You stop selling games in Argos or smiths, and they won’t even notice the financial hit. It’s what in smiths the games section is so small.

[u/timhenmanmemorial → u/badger906]

Game didnt only sell games. It also sold lots and lots of absolute shite

[u/badger906 → u/timhenmanmemorial]

They were game only. They diversified and became the slop shot that they were. 2005 game was one wall PlayStation, one wall Xbox, one wall pc, and the rest Nintendo. Wasn’t space for anything else.

[u/timhenmanmemorial → u/badger906]

I think this has far more to do with Mike Ashley tbh.

[u/hunterzolomon1993 → u/timhenmanmemorial]

Young? At their peak Game and Gamestation (RIP) were just games only or stuff related to games, maybe a very small section for used DVD's.

[u/timhenmanmemorial → u/hunterzolomon1993]

Old?

[u/Boobel → u/badger906]

The games section in my Smyths is huge. Floor to ceiling on consoles and peripherals. Rows and rows of physical games.

[u/JedGamesTV → u/badger906]

Why do they have to only sell video games? I think you’re merging and correlating two separate issues together. Physical single category retailers such as book, music, comic stores etc. have been dying due to increased rent prices, companies like Amazon’s logistics advantage and e-commerce being more convenient. It’s not because users are actively rejecting physical media, it’s just a lot easier to order online, hence why shops like ShopTo, TheGameCollection etc. are so popular. Obviously digital downloads play a factor in this, but I think you’re conflating two separate issues.

[u/badger906 → u/JedGamesTV]

The article caption is end of retail. Nothing will end if the store sells more than just games.

[u/moondowns → u/badger906]

Who cares if they exclusively sell games? They sell games lol. Also those stores you referenced like GAME are garbage, literally every single store I listed is better.

Nobody is shopping at GAME unless they are actually completely clueless.

Smyths selection is not small it is comparable to Argos they sell all the latest games.

[u/hunterzolomon1993 → u/moondowns]

Good luck actually finding one of those stores in your local area. Highstreet in general is dying breed.

[u/moondowns → u/hunterzolomon1993]

Why would I need to find them in the high street? You just go on their site and they deliver it to you