If the place you move to is dependent on advertisers for revenue it will succumb to the same pressures. If it charges a subscription then it will be a gated community with 0.001% the users the rest of the internet has.

If this is slop then what word would you use for someone like Simon Whistler who just cold reads a Wikipedia inspired script that’s handed to him?

Xbox gave their customers credit/ vouchers after an early price drop. It would be even easier to do so now that people have online accounts.

That’s like saying copyright doesn’t work. If a human can see it a human can copy it

Not really. I’ve never been to a shareholder meeting and never will. I buy stocks to turn a profit from dividends and appreciation not to get a chance to micromanage the company.

I’m in a country without official support and I can access the store without issue. I live in Berverly Hills 90210 as far as Playstation is concerned.

It looks like I’m in the same boat. GTA VI id the only game of this generation to get my attention and I’m not paying $600 to play it. I’ll just borrow a friend’s console and then go back to sitting this one out.

Why does the article say the EU can’t do anything when this is a literal monopoly? Yes we can’t force Playstation to keep selling disks but forcing them to allow other storefronts on the system sounds very achievable to me.