why do movies get reprinted constantly and you can go buy a brand new copy of that obscure movie from the 90s on dvd for $cheap but video games get one or two runs and then that's it, never reprinted ever

i guess i kind of get it for cartridges what with the specialized tooling but like, why don't they reprint ps2 games? they're literally just dvds with data on them

why are video games so different than home video in this respect

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this is why a lot of video game piracy exists: it's just not possible to buy a lot of these harder to find ones through legal channels that don't cost like $300 and give you a possibly damaged copy of the game

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