{"id":769239,"date":"2026-09-13T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769239\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:22:09","slug":"end-of-game-discs-could-cost-industry-jobs-hucknall-retailer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769239\/","title":{"rendered":"End of game discs could cost industry jobs, Hucknall retailer says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video game trader says his industry faces the loss of thousands of jobs because of the phase out of physical media.<\/p>\n

Barry Oates started reselling games back in 1995 – first in the local newspaper then from his high street shop at the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n

But he worries about the future of the industry after Sony announced that newly released games<\/a> would only be available via digital download from January 2028.<\/p>\n

He thinks the loss of physical discs and other media will have an impact on the culture of the hobby, making gaming less affordable and removing the community aspect he loves.<\/p>\n

His business, Dream Consoles, is still trading online – and he hopes the income will see him through to retirement – but worries about the next generation of traders.<\/p>\n

Oates said pre-owned game trading was the “bread and butter” of an independent game re-selling businesses like his.<\/p>\n

He said having old and new games released was important to the “cycle” of game trading, which helped his business cover bills and balance his books.<\/p>\n

“It’s about recycling, isn’t it, rather than just throwing it away?” he added.<\/p>\n

He believes businesses like his are important, as they keep gaming affordable for gamers, especially during the cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n

He said gamers often used game trading to help them to afford more expensive or newer games and consoles.<\/p>\n

Pre-owned games can be exchanged at second-hand gaming and technology shops for newer game releases or shop credit to put towards more expensive purchases like a console.<\/p>\n

Oates said: “It’s really important to the average man in the street, their kids will want the latest [games], and they’ve got options.<\/p>\n

“A \u00a350 game or a pre-loved one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A video game trader says his industry faces the loss of thousands of jobs because of the phase…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-769239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}