Walmart Staff Memo Reveals Physical Starfield Stock Is Being Removed
thegamer.comThe future of physical media in video games is very much up in the air right now. Alan Wake 2 didn't get a physical release, Hellblade 2 is following in its footsteps, and Best Buy is removing physical media from its in-store shelves. It seems Walmart may well be following in its retail rival's footsteps as an internal memo shared with staff has revealed physical copies of Starfield will be removed from sale, potentially by the time you read this.
Photos of the memo were first shared by Andrew Marmo last week. The memo, which was shared with Walmart staff via the Me@Walmart app, reveals physical copies of Starfield will be marked down to three cents "for its disposal at store level". As noted by Wario64, yes, that does mean there's a very slim chance you can bag yourself a copy of Starfield for just three cents today. It'll take a slip-up by someone at Walmart for that to happen, but you never know.
Reports that Starfield will be disappearing from Walmart shelves starting on January 22 have been compounded by Rychu who claims to be a Walmart employee. Rychu confirmed that the memo is real on ResetEra (thanks, VG247) adding that purchases of Starfield will be blocked once the price has been reduced to three cents. Rychu also claims this is likely just the beginning, noting that Walmart higher-ups have apparently been talking about ditching physical game sales for at least a year.
Needless to say, if you've been thinking about grabbing a physical copy of Starfield, from Walmart or otherwise, you might want to do it now. Well, if you planned on buying it from Walmart, you'll want to do it today if it's not already too late. Not only will physical copies of the game be slightly harder to find after today, but the resale price of them will undoubtedly creep up as those with copies they don't want anymore will realize their Starfield disc just became slightly more sought-after.
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