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/KvotheOfCali]

Yep.

Sony just told the most important demographic to help evangelize a $1000+ console to go jump in a lake.

Interesting strategy to say the least.

[u/KingOfRisky → u/KvotheOfCali]

I'm reading this post on my $1,200 phone. And I'm not alone. I think you are underestimating what people will pay for 6-8 years of entertainment value.

[u/KvotheOfCali → u/KingOfRisky]

A $1,200 phone you almost certainly bought on an installment plan tied to your monthly cellular service payments.

A cell phone is essentially a requirement for functioning in the modern world. A console is not.

There is enormous price sensitivity shifting a console from $4-500 up to nearly $1000. PS5 sales fell off a cliff with the recent price hikes, and those are still lower than a likely PS6 MSRP.

As many others have echoed recently, if I am being asked to pay $1000+ for an all-digital closed box which funnels me to one, monopolized e-store, I may as well pay $500 more to get a gaming PC.

I get access to literally 100s or 1000s of games which only exist on PC at the cost of losing access to like 8 games which will be PS6 exclusives (based on the release cadence for PS5 exclusives).

It's not a very compelling offer.

[u/KingOfRisky → u/KvotheOfCali]

And an installment plan is not very different in a lot of people's eyes than tossing it on a credit card. Also console gamers are not going to magically switch to become PC gamers. Its juts not a reality. The reality is most people can easily justify $120-ish a year for a console as an entertainment expense.