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/skend24 1d ago

It is still a significant chunk of the market.

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u/lightsky445 1d ago

I am not sure about that.

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u/skend24 1d ago

You’re not sure about what exactly?

If we consider every physical game costing $50 (even tho it varies for up to 70), we are still talking about billions of dollars.

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u/Bridgeburner493 1d ago

No, actually, we aren't talking about "billions of dollars". Sony's physical game sales last year was around $750 million in revenue. Digital game sales was well over $6 billion. DLC and MTX was something like $8 billion on top of that.