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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.

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[–] Datz@szmer.info 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But what if you already bought a console? It shouldn't be held hostage by Sony selling games at 100$ in the future. A PC without Steam is still a PC.

[–] TimothyOilypants@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This is a feature they're rolling out, specifically with an eye towards the PS6. As far as I'm aware, that console hasn't even been released yet.

If Sony is retailing games for $100 on their new console, that would strongly dissuade me from buying the console.

A PC without Steam is still a PC.

When the PS2 released, it was a cheaper blueray player than the current iteration of retail blueray players. People would buy the console just to watch movies.

The direction consoles have gone make them more like PCs with a home entertainment configuration than video game machines with some extra bells and whistles.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PS2 was a cheap DVD player, PS3 was a cheap Blu-Ray player, but your point stands.

[–] michaelalf@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

And the OG Playstation was a cheap CD player. There's still a cult following for the "audiophile" variant.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When the PS2 released, it was a cheaper blueray player than the current iteration of retail blueray players. People would buy the console just to watch movies.

Tbh, I think Valve needs to design an addon for the Steam Machine that's a blu-ray player that hooks onto the side or bottom, and add support for running blu-rays from Game Mode. It wouldn't require any extra ram or storage, so it wouldn't fluctuate in price but add value

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Even less people care about blu-ray movies than care about physical games.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Except not. There's currently a resurgence of people buying and using Blu-Ray movies, just like vinyl records

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A resurgence that’s still a rounding error in size compared to digital.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

So you have nothing to add to the conversation besides negativity and contrarianism? You can be safely ignored then.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Tbh, I think Valve needs to design an addon for the Steam Machine that’s a blu-ray player that hooks onto the side or bottom

Congratulations, you just invented Sega CD.