Yeah, and Sony agrees it is stupid... they don't want a used games market.

You've illustrated exactly why Sony is getting rid of physical media.

Money.

This is what happens when you have a market controlled heavily by one player - they use that to their own advantage.

I own a Nintendo Switch, and I've noticed that in the Nintendo store, old games regularly go on sale for in the ballpark of 80% off. Does that happen in the PS store?

It's sadly not stupid from their perspective

You don't even need to go used. Discs constantly drop in price even new.

Yes stupid for shareholders and until the EU comes in and saves the day again this will continue.

There's something to be said for creating a near monopoly and also having the ability to digitally revoke someones right to use something they purchased legally, which we'll see more of.

Regulations are needed to protect us.

It's not just games. For several years the cheapest way to buy a legit U.S. Office 365 sub is to order a physical box from Amazon on Black Friday. Inside the box is nothing but a scratch-off card with the online license key. It's literally cheaper to get printed color packaging overnight delivered to my door than to sign up on the webpage.

> To illustrate why this is stupid, I will furnish two links to purchase Dark Souls 3 (PS4, 2016)

> Ebay, to buy: $11 + shipping[0]

> PS Store, to rent: $60[1]

Yeah, Sony is stupid to be leaving money on the table like that. Lucky for us, we live in a market system that we can trust to optimize for maximum consumer benefit (like Sony is doing here). It's our revealed choice that we want to pay more for old games.