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Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes recreate PlayStation’s famous PS4-era game-sharing meme at Tokyo Game Show, now without the physical disc.
A week-long PlayStation digital boycott failed to produce a measurable change in player numbers or engagement, despite growing concern about Sony’s physical-media strategy.
Episode two of Point It Out! examines mass layoffs, the decline of game discs and the wider changes reshaping the games industry.
Sony’s new customer anti-harassment policy allows support restrictions and possible legal action as backlash grows over the planned end of physical PlayStation discs.
Take-Two says digital distribution is more convenient, making a physical GTA 6 disc unlikely as the games industry moves towards streaming.
Take-Two says more than 90 per cent of its business is digital, while GTA 6 may launch as a download code rather than a conventional disc.
PlayStation faces legal challenges in five countries as consumer groups question Sony’s digital-store control and the possible end of physical game discs.
Sony says its decision to end physical PlayStation game discs will proceed, despite customer criticism and a planned seven-day community blackout.
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