Walmart removes Starfield from stores as retailer ‘discusses’ ending all physical game sales
Walmart removes Starfield from stores as retailer 'discusses' ending all physical game sales
Walmart is perhaps the subsequent retailer to stop selling bodily games because it seems to take away copies of Starfield from store cabinets.
While physical media has been in sluggish decline over the previous decade, there's signs that the downfall has started to speed up in current months.
Within the US, Greatest Purchase introduced final yr it should stop promoting DVDs and Blu-ray discs in stores. Whereas the retailer does nonetheless promote video games, it's only a matter of time earlier than they too are phased out, towards the rise of digital downloads.
In the UK, probably the most notable sign is the confirmation that retailer GAME will phase out second-hand video game sales in the coming months, leaving CeX as the only high road chain dealing in pre-owned games.
It appears fellow US retailer Walmart may be following an identical path. Over the weekend, screenshots circulated on Twitter of a memo to Walmart staff, stating that physical copies of Starfield ought to be 'marked down to 3 cents' to 'prepare for its disposal at store degree'.
In accordance with a consumer named Rychu on ResetEra, who works on the retailer, the screenshot is taken from the Me@Walmart app, which is used by staff to clock in, worth verify gadgets, and obtain notices relating to retailer updates.
In case you're hoping to purchase Starfield for $0.03, nevertheless, you'll be out of luck because the publish notes any purchases of the merchandise shall be blocked.
While this may simply apply to Starfield, which has been made extensively obtainable digitally via PC and Xbox Game Pass, Rychu claims in a later post that Walmart executives have have been 'discussing getting rid of bodily video games for no less than the previous yr'.
'This particular claims notice is said to Starfield but that doesn't mean it gained't broaden to other things ultimately,' Rychu writes. 'This is only the beginning.'
GameCentral has reached out to Walmart for comment.
In current months, various high-profile video games have launched with out physical copies – most notably Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 (though the latter is getting a physical version this yr). Lately, Microsoft announced Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 would only be sold digitally when it comes out in Might.
While it could be a while till physical video games are phased out from supermarkets all over the world solely, all indicators level to it being a reality that is perhaps closer than you anticipate.
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