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Re:Mistral raises €3B by PunchyHamster on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:41AM (#49608929)
> When Microsoft is killing physical in 2023 to push for Gamepass and digital only, it's labeled as "progress and infrastructure planning", when it's Sony that does it, it's labeled as "greed and anti consumerism"

Microsoft got massive pushback when they did it, Sony even made ad making fun of it. Selective memory much ?

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Re:Mistral raises €3B by alephnan on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:56AM (#49609091)
Well Microsoft’s PR machine is working overtime then because I wasn’t even aware of Microsoft doing this until this HN thread whereas Sony was everywhere on social media
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Re:Mistral raises €3B by WhereIsTheTruth on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @11:40AM (#49611955)
You are conflating two separate events:

-2013 DRM/always online drama (reversed pre launch)

-2023 shutdown of its physical release division, which is what triggered shift to digital only titles we are seeing now

Different year, different mechanism, different reception and different press coverage

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