Apparently some lawsuits have started on Sony’s potential price-fixing of all games on their platform since they’re now the only retailer. Before anyone gets excited, these are probably going nowhere, but it’s neat that something is happening. The idea seems similar to the Epic vs Apple/Google lawsuits.
We just need to return to these bad boys.
I have some blank floppies I use as coasters. Seriously, though, just changing the physical format the games are distributed on would be a very smart move.
Nintendo not just keeping physical media but going back to cartridges with the Switch and now the Switch 2 has been a fantastic move for them. They increased the price of their console, same as MS and Sony, but it hasn’t gone up nearly as much since the system has barely any storage space in it. And it doesn’t really need the storage because games don’t need to install to compensate for the relatively low optical drive read speeds. Sure, games are the same price or even a bit higher so total cost of ownership after a few years is probably comparable, but the lower buy-in cost has caused them to rapidly gain market share.
I do like physical media, but my gripe about the switch is the damn size of the cartridges.
I got kids and trying to keep track of those itty bitty carts is a constant annoyance. I can’t even get them to keep their fucking shoes in the right spot and those are 100x bigger.
I wish they’d consider that, not because they need to be but just for durability and keeping track of them.