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They recently announced the first physical release for a Disney+ original: WandaVision is coming out later this summer. Looks like a beautiful steelcase with a slip and character cards and postcards and more... but no actual physical disc. But they're marketing it as if it was a physical disc release... https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-disney-plus-ste...

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Then it's literally not a "physical release". It's just fan accessories/memorabilia.

There is no difference between that and a tshirt

A tshirt is better, at least you can wear it.

A bluray you can wear offline in the childrens room. You don't have to worry about parent mode on, is internet working, kids breaking the connection.

But the special thing about that steelbox is that it's literally an EMPTY bluray box. The text says: "Although there are no physical discs included ..."

Ah really, I missed that. That sounds worthless in my view

Like having empty folders on a computer.

What a bizarre artifact. There's something almost cargo cult about it. I wonder if it counts as a skeuomorph.

That is some next level rip-off. A box of goodies of the level that you'd get for free at a convention. I hope nobody buys those.

It's Disney. Someone will buy it.

This is what gaming companies are doing for their collectors editions. They charge people hundreds of dollars for a cheap plastic figure and a game case with a 4x5 sheet of paper with a code on the back. It’s all shameful.

The "Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Secret Agent Gear Collection" is basically a collector's edition for the Phantom Liberty expansion, except it doesn't even come with a game code.

https://gear.cdprojektred.com/en-eu/products/cyberpunk-2077-...

There's a weird reason for this- digital copies get access from hour one of the release, while physical copies had to ship. So you had this weird situation where the biggest fans of the franchise didn't get to play the game until a day or three after their friends.

"Geek culture"

This is insane. It's literally a "steelbook", apparently a disc-case phenomenon, yet with no book or disc inside. Just an (nearly) empty case with ... ads inserts inside?

Disney must think very little of their audience or be pandering to shameless collectors.

(It's the latter)

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