Sony’s consultation on physical media: better late than never | Opinion
The news that Sony is surveying its development partners to get their input on its decision to end support for physical game releases ( first reported by Moore's Law is Dead ) is a little odd, at least from a sequencing perspective. You'd generally imagine that talking to your most important business partners would be something to be done before making a major public announcement of an enormous…
Sony is conducting a consultation with its development partners on its decision to cease support for physical game releases, according to a report by Moore's Law is Dead. This belated consultation indicates that Sony may have overstepped in the unilateral manner in which it announced the change, which will impact all its business partners.
The consultation suggests that Sony is beginning to realize the potential misstep in its decision, but it is likely to result in minimal changes to the announced policy. The company appears to have been taken aback by the strong reaction to the decision, which was based on the assumption that physical sales are a small and diminishing portion of the market.
However, consumers and industry figures have expressed significant disappointment, and there are genuine commercial concerns about the decision. One key issue overlooked by Sony is the value of physical media, including the resale market and the special edition releases that appeal to dedicated fans. These aspects of physical media, while not dominant in revenue, play a crucial role in the overall commercial ecosystem and should not be disregarded in Sony's decision-making process.
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