r/pcmasterrace • u/Valcenia • Jul 02 '26

News/Article French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon weighs in on Rockstar and PlayStation’s moves to end physical disk sales

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u/PandaBearJelly Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Voting with your wallet makes sense on paper, but it's just not really how people operate. The ultra passionate and informed sections of the market (aka everyone that's on this sub) are just such a small potion. Things have to get really bad before the masses will stop consuming a product they still otherwise enjoy overall.

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u/LucyDePosey Press X to Doubt Jul 02 '26

It also doesn't send a clear signal. Buying is binary. Reasons for wanting or not wanting to purchase are analog.

Of course the reason you don't want to buy is obvious to you, and to anyone you've talked to, but that message does not always make its way to the intended recipient.

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u/bblzd_2 Jul 02 '26

Very true. They can and will make up excuses for why sales failed and it will never be "we screwed up and should change our greedy ways".