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once again: gamers do not know what a monopoly is. they're about to find out though.

Good for them add Microsoft to the lawsuit!

Why? Microsoft hasn't ended physical disc support.

i mean, the rate xbox is going, we arent gonna have a box to make discs for pretty soon

Asha at #Microsoft right now

This isn't Sony's fault. Each generation, the previous media ended and was replaced, VHS, DVD, BluRays, 4K BluRay, then we went digital. Everything went digital from a disc. Movies, games, CDs, this put an end date on the format. Come up with something that can hold a lot of data, is cheap and fast.

But discs are still in use for music and film; moreso, CDs and 4K Blu-rays have actually been increasing in sales YoY. Video games would be the first (and only) medium to be digital-only, in fact.

To be clear, I'm not a fan, taking options away from consumers is never a good thing, unless you're a corporation. I just understand the business justification. It's just suing Sony saying they have a "Monopoly of the gaming market" is a waste of everyone's time.

Movies and music aren't getting exponentially bigger at this point like games are.

I don't think Sony has said this yet but I'm willing to bet they already know they would need to design a new kind of disc for the next generation and don't want to. Or fill the current ones as much as they can and require a significant download anyway. So, just make it all a download.