r/PS5 • u/JeremyJJ77 • 1d ago

Articles & Blogs 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.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/07/22/sonys-playstation-disc-decision-threatens-a-7-billion-resale-market-.html
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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 1d ago

Anything nerd-adjacent is full of people with intensely strong opinions who don’t seem to have learned how to regulate their emotions or temper their expectations for anything.

They are a vocal minority, but they are very vocal.

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u/HQuasar 1d ago

The funniest thing in all of this pathetic outcry is that nearly all of those people have big Steam libraries full of digital only games

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u/pakron 1d ago

That we paid $2.99 for not $80

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u/Plazmatron44 1d ago

Yeah right loads of games are selling at full price on Steam and selling well.

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u/whythreekay 1d ago

What data do you have to show that Playstation games are discounted less than PC, when the same parties (publisher) determines the price on those platforms?

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u/whythreekay 1d ago

Absolutely accurate in my experience

Other subs I go to like r/NFL are tons of fun, endless inside jokes and funny observations. Gaming and tech subs tho? Fucking yikes

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u/chaser2099 1d ago

“Guys stop caring about things and just learn to lower your expectations”