CNBC July 22, 2026 • 00:07

Sony’s 'ironic' PlayStation disc decision upends gamer conventions and threatens a $7 billion resale market - CNBC

By Lim Hui Jie

Sony’s 'ironic' PlayStation disc decision upends gamer conventions and threatens a $7 billion resale market - CNBC

In 2013, Sony tweaked Xbox by showing how easy it was to share a PlayStation disc. Now, gamers say Sony has become exactly what it mocked.

In June 2013, Sony's PlayStation put out a short video demonstrating how easy it was to share games on PlayStation.
Then-Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida handed a disc to colleague Adam Boyes, and that… [+5479 chars]

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