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GameStop CEO says Sony's decision to go disc-less is 'totally irrelevant' — claims software, including physical discs, accounts for only 12% of the company's business

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(Image credit: Getty / Brandon Bell) The CEO of GameStop — one of the world's largest video game retailers — has said that Sony’s decision to halt the production of physical game discs in 2028 is “totally irrelevant” to the company's business. Speaking to BloombergTech in an interview on Thursday, July 16, Ryan Cohen made the comments while responding to questions on how console makers’ going disc-less might affect GameStop amid the company's controversial bid to buy eBay. When asked, “If the hardware makers are reportedly moving to disc-less on the console side, future game launches are digital only, where does that fit in for the business plan?” Cohen responded, “It doesn’t matter at all. Software, it mattered in the past. Software today makes up less than 12% of the business, and collectables makes up over half the business. So, it’s totally, totally irrelevant.” Cohen's characterization doesn't exactly match GameStop's own filings, but the underlying trend does.…

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