Walmart Reportedly Starting to Purge Physical Games Next Week

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Specifically Xbox Games.

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Save you all the read, games won't be discounted or even sold for that matter. They are just being removed from shelves.

" An internal memo has surfaced online stating that all copies will be reduced to 3 cents and sales will be blocked by the store's system and then removed from the store. As of right now, it appears this is only for Xbox games, but this move was reported last October and it seems to be coming to fruition. It was noted that Microsoft is funding this move for Walmart in the memo, suggesting it may be Microsoft's decision and not Walmart's. "

"Can't have people playing games forever for a reduced price. Into the landfill with all the plastic!"

Far more interesting for that to be Microsoft’s decision than Walmart’s

It doesn't necessarily have to be.

It could be that Walmart was planning to start winding down physical game sales and made that clear to Microsoft, but Microsoft made a deal to foot the bill for extra inventory to keep supply available during the holidays. Even with packaging and distribution, the actual cost per game to Microsoft isn't really that high.

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This might mean it's true that the upcoming Xbox Series X refresh won't have a hard drive. Microsoft wouldn't want Xbox games to be on store shelves when they're no longer selling consoles that can play them.

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