Due to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may "simply not get made"
arstechnica.com
arstechnica.com
A 25% tariff would add $0.08 to to each disk. That hardly seems likely to affect the decision whether to publish with a DVD or digital-only.
I assume manufacturing prices in Mexico are similar (mostly equipment and materials cost, not much labour).
But even if the line item cost of expertise doesn't add much to overall costs, there's still the dumb tax for finding expertise.
And the inevitable concerns and hiccups that come from finding new suppliers.
Basically, risk and uncertainty and process change have high business costs...it might not be worth betting the business on getting all the details right.
Its more likely they just want to end physical media so they don't have to pretend you own anything anymore.
https://old.reddit.com/r/boutiquebluray/comments/1i70bqz/if_...