Gaming @lemmy.ml theprogressivist @lemmy.world 9mo ago

Walmart Reportedly Starting to Purge Physical Games Next Week

comicbook.com /gaming/news/walmart-getting-rid-of-physical-xbox-games-starfield-2024/

Specifically Xbox Games.

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Is there a word for something that isn't necessarily a conspiracy, but involves the unspoken collusion of mutual parties whose interests are aligned?
- Tacit Collusion: a type of collusive behavior where firms coordinate their actions without explicitly communicating or reaching an agreement. Instead, firms may signal their intentions through various actions, such as pricing behavior or output levels, in order to coordinate their behavior and achieve higher profits.
  
  In Canada, when one of the three cellphone carriers raise their prices, the other two raise theirs immediately.
  
  I think fornal "business" schooling has led to this. If everyone has the same playbook, it's easy to make the same plays without it being collusion
- Conspiracies are a real thing, you can just say conspiracy.
  
  Conspiracy theories are often bogus.
  
  A conspiracy requires collusion.
  
  I'm talking about a kind of coordinated action where there is not a direct link of communication.
- Is there a word for something that isn't necessarily a conspiracy, but involves the unspoken collusion of mutual parties whose interests are aligned?
  
  [Modern] Capitalism?
We told everyone no good would come from GamePass and here we are... You will own nothing and be happy.
- I feel like the endgame of this is that eventually all Microsoft exclusives will only be available on GamePass.
- Most 'physical' releases have been downloads for at least a decade now anyhow, long before game pass was ever a thing.
  
  I wish people would stop parroting this. For the vast, vast majority of games it isn't true.
- I think a lot of the hating on Gamepass is justified, but I've just gotta say as a partially blind gamer it has been a godsend for me.
  
  I used to struggle with whether or not to buy a game every single time because in most cases there is no way from descriptions and reviews for me to know how any given game will work with my vision and fine/gross motor impairment.
  
  With gamepass I can try things and if I can't play it? I move on and try something else.
  
  Kinda sad that we can't find some middle ground between making games accessible for disabled folks without bankrupting developers and ultimately hurting consumers.
Save you all the read, games won't be discounted or even sold for that matter. They are just being removed from shelves.

" An internal memo has surfaced online stating that all copies will be reduced to 3 cents and sales will be blocked by the store's system and then removed from the store. As of right now, it appears this is only for Xbox games, but this move was reported last October and it seems to be coming to fruition. It was noted that Microsoft is funding this move for Walmart in the memo, suggesting it may be Microsoft's decision and not Walmart's. "
- "Can't have people playing games forever for a reduced price. Into the landfill with all the plastic!"
- Far more interesting for that to be Microsoft’s decision than Walmart’s
  
  Ubisoft *** said the quiet part out loud and Microsoft decided just to speed run it. I do love all the one piece memes of a great pirate era beginning though.
  
  It doesn't necessarily have to be.
  
  It could be that Walmart was planning to start winding down physical game sales and made that clear to Microsoft, but Microsoft made a deal to foot the bill for extra inventory to keep supply available during the holidays. Even with packaging and distribution, the actual cost per game to Microsoft isn't really that high.
- This might mean it's true that the upcoming Xbox Series X refresh won't have a hard drive. Microsoft wouldn't want Xbox games to be on store shelves when they're no longer selling consoles that can play them.
  
  Do you mean no disk drive?
right after they put in locking display cabinets for all the game discs here.......
I am stocking up on physical media... I am getting tired of not owning shit.

Like quit raping me world I just want to spend money and own things so I can give them to someone else or sell/trade them later.
I don't own an Xbox but I can take those copies off your hands at 3cents, Walmart.

What a big waste of plastic if they get thrown out.
So for 1 cent you can buy 33 disks and still say "keep the change".
- Did you stop reading right at what you copied? The next sentence says all sales will be blocked. So you won't be able to buy it.
- Sounds like the price reduction will be only in Walmart accounting system, so they can justify throwing them all away and write off the lost sales. I doubt they will actually sell all of those games.
  
  I was only joking about the "0.03 cents". I'm on PS5, buy all games digital and find Microsoft disgusting so I wouldn't buy it even for 0.03 cents.
  
  Walmart is selling through the website or their partners website. The stuff is kept in storage until the item is deemed useless.
So Amazon it is for physical copies?

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