Despite outrage at Sony's shift towards a discless future, only seven PlayStation games have managed more than 100,000 physical sales in the US this year
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"Despite outrage at Sony's shift towards a discless future, only seven PlayStation games have managed more than 100,000 physical sales in the US this year" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Kotaku and Eurogamer.net. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 51d ago.
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Coverage (4)
- Ex-Valve Writer Says Consumers Pushed PlayStation To Kill the Disc TechPowerUp · 51d ago
- New Numbers Present Sony’s Case For Abandoning PlayStation Discs Forbes · 51d ago
- Wild Stat Reveals How Few PlayStation Discs Were Sold This Year Kotaku · 51d ago
- Despite outrage at Sony's shift towards a discless future, only seven PlayStation games have managed more than 100,000 physical sales in the US this year Eurogamer.net · 51d ago
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