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twintail on 09 July 2026
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Cerebralbore101 said:
twintail said:

Whether digital only games and limited physical media was included as an underlying reason for the statement is impossible to know, right?

This is very much you reading more into the statement than was actually presented. All Sony said was that there was a general preference for digital over physical discs, a general preference which you appear to prove by trying to 'but this is different' Capcom's high digital to physical ratio. 

You seem to think that Sony's financials are the only data Sony has to make this decision, which is quite absurd.

If you really think Sony is lying about there being a preference for digital media, then where's the most up-to-date data to support this?

Sony's 2025 financials statement literally says that it includes all game sales. Not that hard to realize they are counting digital-only and limited release titles. 

Sony, like Microsoft will only release data that makes them look good. At least for now. MS constantly said that Gamepass was profitable. But now Sharma has said that they lost 64 cents for every dollar invested during their aquisition spree. This is after 7 years of claiming that Gamepass was profitable mind you. Corporations stretch the truth all the time in order to tell whatever narrative they want. z

Another example of how corporations can stretch the truth: MS renamed XBoxLive to GamepassCore. This is so they can claim that there are more Game Pass users than there are. People subbing to basic XBL for Online and people subbing to Gamepass are two different things. But MS wants to treat them as the same thing because it looks better on a spreadsheet. Sony is doing the same thing when it comes to digital vs physical preferences for consumers. 

'in a statement about consumer preferences' and 'Sony's 2025 financials statement' are two different things. 

You were very clearly referencing the public statement they put out which told us nothing about how they were tracking digital consumer preferences, and now you're talking about Sony's financials, which we all already know includes all digital sales. Again, there is nothing unusual about this - it's a financial report. 

You could argue Sony's public statement is perhaps stretching the claim about digital preference for consumers. But data to support this exists in multiple forms, such as retailers have less shelf space for physical games or Capcom's financial statements (which you have tried to hand wave because it doesn't fit your narrative). 

If you disagree with Sony on about consumer preferences for digital, then prove it.

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I honestly thought they would reverse the decision or something of that nature by now. It is actually insane that they are going through with this. PS5 will be the last Playstation console for me because physical games is a big reason why I still buy consoles.

It's going to be a steep mountain to climb to convince their parent company to reverse their $30 million investment into the factory to move to microlenses. Even if PlayStation reversed their decision, they're still need to find someone to manufacture those discs. And since it wouldn't be at a Sony factory anymore, quite likely it costs them more to produce. 

Best we can hope for is better digital content management / rights. But we got 18 +- months to see that happen. 

Last edited by twintail - on 09 July 2026