Death of the disc: Why Sony’s move matters beyond video games
Despite the wide take-up of digital entertainment, physical media still attracts consumers of games, music and books.
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PlayStation video games seen on sale in New York will soon be a thing of the past with Sony’s plans to discontinue the sale of physical discs.
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Brooke Masters
A kind description of my home would call it well stocked with traditional media. More than 1,000 books line the walls and pile up on tables. Cupboards are cluttered with DVDs, jigsaw puzzles and video game discs, and the living room boasts a stereo with a vacuum-tube amplifier to play my husband’s LP collection.
Even so, we are not purists. We subscribe to video and music streaming services, and buy e-books and audiobooks. And we certainly are not alone.