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A PlayStation disc policy shift by Sony Group (SONY) has placed a $7 billion physical game resale market under pressure, prompting gamers to describe the move as a direct reversal of the stance Sony used against Microsoft's Xbox in 2013.
The company that built goodwill on disc freedom is the company gamers say has abandoned it. The next definitive read is a formal product or policy release from Sony that puts the new disc terms in binding language.
The 2013 moment now working against Sony Sony's 2013 demonstration was deliberate.
The company showed publicly how easy it was to share a PlayStation disc, positioning itself against Microsoft's Xbox at a moment when disc restrictions were the central argument in the console cycle.
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