The Back Alley: why mid-generation consoles keep getting more expensive
Component prices explain part of it. The rest is a strategy shift that console makers would prefer not to describe out loud.
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Inside the last factory that still presses game discs
Physical sales shrink every year. We visited the plant that keeps the format alive and met the people who run it.