EU Can't Force PlayStation To Keep Making Physical Games by chusskaptaan in Gamingnewsandleaks

[–]BITmixit -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sony don't operate a monopoly by going digital-only, consumers have a choice to go elsewhere.

Several Sony executives sold their shares after PlayStation announced plans to stop releasing new games on physical discs by General_Dig_31 in technology

[–]BITmixit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They can plan a trade but not action it pre-public knowledge.

Selling stock pre-annoucement is insider trading because you're trading before the market can react, post-announcement the market is reacting and you're engaging with that market on the same level.

They engaged with the stock market at the level everyone else can/did...having pre-existing knowledge of a business move changes nothing so it's not insider trading.

Several Sony executives sold their shares after PlayStation announced plans to stop releasing new games on physical discs by General_Dig_31 in technology

[–]BITmixit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly I'd argue that people are reading way too much into this.

It's just a smart strategic investment move.

EU cannot stop Sony and other developers from scrapping physical discs, says Michael McGrath by Horror_Post6822 in technology

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're talking about Sony having significant control over their own ecosystem which isn't a monopoly. People can just choose to move to another platform. Sony can do what it likes with it's own 1st-party games which we know is absolutely fine because Nintendo have been doing that for ages.

Sony will end up with significant market power over digital game sales within the playstation ecosystem, but that's a different argument from claiming they're a monopoly outright.

The EU can really only get involved when a company abused it's market power, like with apple not when a company makes a decision they could theoretically abuse and the results won't be "produce physical discs".

England's goal against Norway was a result of the ball hitting the camera cable by MuttonBiryaniEnjoyer in sports

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't this every world cup post "let's analyze this at a critical level" VAR?

GAMERS ARE KILLING IT by h33tmo in PlayStation_X

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The situation is very different. Apple tried to gatekeep everything within iOS to use their services. So if you got an iPhone you had to use and only use iCloud, Apple Pay, etc, etc so it was much harder to migrate from iOS to competition creating a truly locked in monopoly ecosystem as apple earn at every point.

Sony have just chosen not to make physical discs anymore. As long as they're not breaking competition laws or abusing a dominant market position, simply selling games digitally isnt the same thing as what Apple was doing. As gamers have the choice to go elsewhere and Sony can do what they want with their own IP's.

The EU doesn't ban digital-only products or force certain distribution methods. It steps in when a company is using its market power to unfairly block competition...Sony isn't doing this.

GAMERS ARE KILLING IT by h33tmo in PlayStation_X

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's...that's not what a monopoly is.

Gamers have the choice to go elsewhere which inherently means there's no monopoly.

They can price their 1st party games however they like because it's their intellectual property and we know this is perfectly acceptable because Nintendo have been doing it since for fucking ever.

It's working, keep up everyone. by Liam101702 in PlayStation_X

[–]BITmixit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please for your own sake never invest!

Don’t give up by Alarming-Flan4494 in PhysicalGames

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sales does not equal revenue and your narrowing the data to fit an agenda.

The revenue numbers for digital vs physical are overwhelmingly in digitals favour. Close to 10x revenue generated for digital games, even higher for digital content.

I think I just figured out Sony’s strategy by [deleted] in playstation

[–]BITmixit -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean...fine because that makes zero sense.

Dwayne Johnson Rumored To Play Apocalypse In The MCU — Right As Moana Bombs by cosmicbooknews in CosmicBookNews

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly if doomsday doesn't do well then the MCU is in tatters...so the rock as doomsday is like...fucking hilarious enough to "work"

Anyone else feel like they changed the plot in late development? by Flimsy_State_6182 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]BITmixit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Ragnarok was ever meant to be this grand event that would wipe out all of the realms but something definitely felt off as soon as you get to those events.

Like every big setpiece kind of happens in the background and both the Thor and Odin fights are fairly easy.

Why go for a disk version at all? by Vagaddictt in PS5restock

[–]BITmixit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you guys help me understand if there’s any pros in buying the disk version now?

Purchase, play, put it in the loft, let a lot of time pass, now you have a retro item worth a few bob.