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Sony dropping physical media production next year is ridiculous. Not only is it literally the opposite approach of what turned the tides at the start of the last console gen, it also means that a future PS Vita 2 or whatever handled will be digital only too. This was hinted at when Blu-ray blank disc production for customers was shut down last year, and Sony settling an antitrust lawsuit about PS market monopolization (https://thenextweb.com/news/sony-playstation-store-7-85-million-antitrust-settlement-digital-games) which only just got preliminary approval to proceed two weeks ago. This is likely an attempt to seize whatever market they can now as a result of skirting existing antitrust laws, which means trying to kill off the second hand market entirely. The disc manufacturing cost probably plays some part of this decision but they also just recently announced the deletion of digital movie licenses from user accounts like this week (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-deleting-over-550-purchased-movies-from-ps5-users-digital-libraries/) too. Sony having no real competition this gen has allowed them to squander all goodwill they built up for 15 years.